The Lower Dauphin Falcons are taking a road trip to take on the Hershey Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Lower Dauphin's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Mechanicsburg on Friday. They were beaten by the Wildcats 29-0. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hershey). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 35-7 win over Mifflin County. Considering the Trojans have won three matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Hershey can attribute much of their success to Cameron Sweeney, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Hershey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 189 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Hershey's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dom Argento and Bryan Maduena.
Lower Dauphin's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Hershey, their record now sits at 3-1.
Lower Dauphin beat Hershey 21-14 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Will Lower Dauphin repeat their success, or does Hershey have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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