The Belmont Charter Tigers are on the road again on Friday to play the Morrisville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.
Belmont Charter is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Chester two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Belmont Charter was beaten by Chester 42-0. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 348th, while the Clippers are ranked 44th).
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Morrisville rose to the challenge on Friday. They managed a 21-16 win over the Drakes.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Raymond Holman and Keegan Eichert. Holman had a great game and rushed for 259 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 15.2 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Eichert was balling out in the loss, rushing for 184 yards.
Morrisville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Morrisville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.3 points per game. As for Belmont Charter, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
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