Reading was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were dealt a 35-6 loss at the hands of the Hempfield Black Knights. While losing is never fun, the Red KNights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 466th, while the Black Knights are ranked 172nd).
Reading's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Hempfield, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-3 and their overall record up to 4-4.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Reading is set to take on their familiar foe Manheim Township at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Hempfield will challenge their in-conference opponent J.P. McCaskey at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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