The matchup between Hughesville and Lewisburg on Friday hardly resembled the 21-0 effort from their previous meeting. The contest between the Hughesville Spartans and the Lewisburg Green Dragons wasn't particularly close, with the Hughesville Spartans falling 39-20. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 308th, while the Green Dragons are ranked 135th).
Several Spartans players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Conor Knight, who picked up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Knight also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making seven total tackles and defending two passes in addition to snagging an interception. Hughesville also got help from Carson Stackhouse, who showed off his sure hands for 109 receiving yards.
Hughesville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brenden Fisher and Knight.
Jeremiah Davis continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lewisburg, rushing for 213 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Davis a new career-high in rushing yards.
This is the second loss in a row for Hughesville and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Lewisburg, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Hughesville will take on Midd-West at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hughesville is facing Midd-West at the right time seeing as Midd-West is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Lewisburg, they will challenge Warrior Run at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 901 yards in their previous games.
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