Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Towanda). Everything went their way against the Wellsboro Hornets on Friday as the Towanda Black Knights made off with a 36-16 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Riley Vanderpool rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 239 yards and two touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes.
Rylee Sluyter was his top target, picking up 70 receiving yards, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Towanda pushed their record up to 3-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Wellsboro, they are on a ten-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Towanda will square off against Troy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Towanda's defense has only allowed 17.5 points per game this season, so Troy's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Wellsboro, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Cowanesque Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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