On Friday, the Northern Lebanon Vikings and the Delone Catholic Squires were almost perfectly matched up, but the Northern Lebanon Vikings suffered a 22-21 defeat. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northern Lebanon lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Bryan Mitzel, who rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 38 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Mitzel a new career-high in rushing yards. Northern Lebanon also got a significant boost from Myles Watson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 94 yards.
Braden Smith was a one-man wrecking crew for Delone Catholic as he rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns.
Northern Lebanon now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Delone Catholic, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Northern Lebanon will face off against Wyomissing at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Delone Catholic, they will challenge Biglerville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Biglerville will roll in looking for their fourth straight win, something Delone Catholic surely won't give up without a fight.
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