The Palmyra Cougars will head out to take on the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Palmyra is headed out to face Mechanicsburg after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Palmyra breezed by Lebanon at home to the tune of 40-8 on Friday. The victory was some much needed relief for the Cougars as it spelled an end to their seven-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Mechanicsburg hasn't done well against Carlisle recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Mechanicsburg blew past Carlisle 34-6 at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 27-6.
Eli Reider and Isaac Dollman were among the main playmakers for Mechanicsburg as the former threw for 186 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes and the latter gained 144 total yards and two touchdowns.
Palmyra was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Mechanicsburg in their previous meeting back in August of 2019. Can Palmyra avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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