James Buchanan was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They had to suffer through a 59-31 loss at the hands of the Line Mountain Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 423rd, while the Eagles are ranked 192nd).
Line Mountain was led to victory by Ian Bates and Kaiden Maurer. Bates rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, while Maurer threw for 194 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Bates a new career-high in rushing yards.
James Buchanan's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Line Mountain, their victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
James Buchanan will welcome East Pennsboro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Pennsboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26 points per game this season. As for Line Mountain, they will head out on the road to challenge Camp Hill at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Line Mountain will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
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