The Tussey Mountain Titans will challenge the Curwensville Golden Tide at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tussey Mountain will be strutting in after a win while Curwensville will be coming in after a loss.
Tussey Mountain is coming into the contest on the come-up as their season has now been buoyed by two straight victories. They walked away with a 20-13 win over Clear Spring on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Titans' disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 467th in Pennsylvania, while the Blazers are ranked 165th in Maryland).
Tussey Mountain got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Noah Lucko out in front who rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Tussey Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last four matches they've averaged 226.5.
Tussey Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Lucko, Kyler Reed, and Isaiah Gambol picked up one apiece. Reed is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least nine every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Curwensville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Glendale.
Although Curwensville took the loss, they still got scores from Tyler Dunn and Andrew Pentz.
Tussey Mountain's record is now 3-6. As for Curwensville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Tussey Mountain came up short against Curwensville when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 36-28. Can Tussey Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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