Football Recap: Red Lion Piles Up the Points Against Northeastern

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Previous Games

10/17/25 - Away	51-14 W
10/18/24 - Home	46-6 W
10/20/23 - Away	61-24 W
10/21/22 - Home	52-21 W
10/01/21 - Home	34-7 W
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After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Central York, Red Lion was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They breezed past the Northeastern Bobcats to the tune of 51-14. The Lions haven't had any issues with the Bobcats recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Mason Platts went supernova, throwing for 419 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Those 419 passing yards gave him a new career-high. Octavius Thompson helped Platts out on the ground, picking up 173 receiving yards and three TDs.

Red Lion's run defense was locked in: Northeastern could only muster 2.1 yards per carry. While six picked up at least three total tackles, Thompson stood above the rest. He picked up 173 receiving yards and three scores. Red Lion's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 5.1.

Red Lion's defense didn't let Logan Evans, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for three sacks. Xavier Drake was especially locked on to Northeastern's QB and sacked him twice. Drake also made five total tackles, which is notable because Red Lion is 2-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 1-5 otherwise.

When it comes to explaining why Northeastern lost, don't look at Evans. Despite the final result, he threw for 174 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 16 passes.

Red Lion's victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 3-6. As for Northeastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.

Red Lion has already played their next contest, a 36-17 win against Dallastown on the 24th. As for Northeastern, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 45-7 loss against York Suburban on the 24th.