Bishop McDevitt is 10-0 against Lower Dauphin since November of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Bishop McDevitt Crusaders will be playing at home against the Lower Dauphin Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bishop McDevitt is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: State College, who was ranked 15th in their home state at the time (Bishop McDevitt was ranked 19th). Bishop McDevitt fell just short of State College by a score of 58-55 on Friday. The Crusaders' loss signaled the end of their seven-game winning streak.
Defeat or not, Bishop McDevitt got some senior leadership from Stone Saunders and Dominic Diaz-Ellis. Saunders threw for 438 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, while Diaz-Ellis picked up 205 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Those 205 receiving yards set a new season-high mark for Diaz-Ellis. Nazir Jones-Davis helped Saunders out on the ground, rushing for 109 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, while also picking up 36 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Lower Dauphin had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They snuck past the Warriors with a 35-31 win.
A big part of Lower Dauphin's victory came down to the chemistry between Carter Burton and his top target Braeden Heckard. Burton rushed for 115 yards and three touchdowns while Heckard rushed for 61 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. That's the most rushing yards Burton has posted since back in September of 2023.
Lower Dauphin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Bishop McDevitt's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-2. As for Lower Dauphin, they pushed their record up to 6-4 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Everything came up roses for Bishop McDevitt against Lower Dauphin in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 61-10 victory. In that game, Bishop McDevitt amassed a halftime lead of 35-10, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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