The Sterling Silver Knights will face off against the Haddon Township Hawks at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Sterling is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lindenwold 31-0 at home on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Silver Knights considering their seven-point performance the match before.
Among those leading the charge was Terrill Lewis, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Jermaine Stewart got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Sterling didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Stewart picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. Sterling got some further help from Will Nicholas: he picked up two sacks and made 11 total tackles.
Sterling was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 202 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Haddon Township had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 29-0 victory over the Rams on the road. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 22 points or more this season.
Sterling's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Haddon Township, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-1.
Everything came up roses for Sterling against Haddon Township in their previous matchup back in October of 2015, as the squad secured a 42-7 win. Will Sterling repeat their success, or does Haddon Township have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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