The Lower Dauphin Falcons will face off against the Waynesboro Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Lower Dauphin will be strutting in after a victory while Waynesboro will be coming in after a loss.
Lower Dauphin will head into Friday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 44) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 9-7 win over Mifflin County.
Gerald Sanders had a dynamite game for Lower Dauphin, rushing for 179 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Sanders a new career-high in rushing yards.
Lower Dauphin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Waynesboro was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 35-13 to Mechanicsburg. The matchup marked the Indians' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Lower Dauphin's victory ended a five-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-4. As for Waynesboro, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 4-4.
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