Pine-Richland is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while North Hills is on a five-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Pine-Richland Rams will host the North Hills Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pine-Richland is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Central Catholic, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Pine-Richland was ranked seventh). Pine-Richland snuck past Central Catholic with a 22-17 win last Friday.
Pine-Richland found their leader in underclassman Aaron Strader, who rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 202 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Lawrence ?Jay? Timmons was Strader's top target, picking up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pine-Richland's defense made their presence known, laying out Jy'Aire Walls. four times. In that department, Josh Smith was the leader with two sacks. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, North Hills didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Mars on Friday, but they still walked away with a 21-17 victory.
Pine-Richland's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for North Hills, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Everything came up roses for Pine-Richland against North Hills when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as the squad secured a 35-0 win. Will Pine-Richland repeat their success, or does North Hills have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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