The Montoursville Warriors will challenge the Danville Ironmen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Montoursville's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Milton as Montoursville made off with a 20-0 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Warriors.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Montoursville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jimmy Mussina, who threw for 157 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 35 yards and a touchdown. Montoursville also got a significant boost from Christian Banks, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 100 yards.
Meanwhile, Danville was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Mifflinburg 54-8 on the road. Given the Ironmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Wildcats are ranked 305th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bo Sheptock was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Madden Patrick, who threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Danville was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 477 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Mifflinburg only gained 143.
Montoursville's win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for Danville, their record now sits at 2-0.
Montoursville was dealt a bruising 56-0 loss at the hands of Danville when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Montoursville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
