Halifax is 1-8 against Line Mountain since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Halifax Wildcats will face off against the Line Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m.
Halifax is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were outmatched by Steelton-Highspire on the road and fell 56-7. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 464th, while the Steamrollers are ranked 219th).
Meanwhile, Line Mountain had just enough and edged Juniata out 20-18 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Line Mountain can attribute much of their success to Kaiden Maurer, who threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Ian Bates, who rushed for 162 yards. That's the most total yards Bates has posted since back in October of 2023.
Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Juniata only rushed for 94.
Halifax's defeat dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Line Mountain, they pushed their record up to 2-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Halifax took a serious blow against Line Mountain in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 50-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bates, who rushed for 170 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries. Now that Halifax knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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