On Saturday Carlisle will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to face off against the Harrisburg Cougars at 1:00 p.m.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 56-7, which was the final score in Carlisle's tilt against Bishop McDevitt on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Thundering Herd can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while the Crusaders are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Harrisburg had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against the Colts by a score of 28-20. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Cougars were the (much) better team in the second half.
Harrisburg's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Elias Coke picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. Harrisburg got some further help from Isaac John Lewis: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Carlisle's loss was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Harrisburg, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Carlisle took a serious blow against Harrisburg when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 60-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Harrisburg's Shawn Lee, who threw for 149 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 12-for-12 passing, and also rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Now that Carlisle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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