The Eastern Lebanon County Raiders will head out to take on the Kennard-Dale Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
On Friday, Eastern Lebanon County didn't have too much trouble with Northern Lebanon as they won 42-27. The Raiders pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Vikings cut but never quite recovered from.
Eastern Lebanon County's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Brinley Donmoyer led the charge by rushing for 208 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 57 yards and one TD. Donmoyer was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 64 yards. Gavin Yeiser also helped with two scores in total.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Eastern Lebanon County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 387 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Eastern Lebanon County didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Griffin Kreider was the real danger to the passing game, picking up two interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, Kennard-Dale had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They took down the Warriors 35-16. The matchup marked the Rams' most dominant win of the season.
Kennard-Dale's record now sits at 6-4. As for Eastern Lebanon County, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
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