The Middletown Blue Raiders will face off against the Line Mountain Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Middletown is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Susquehanna Township on Friday. Middletown took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Susquehanna Township. While losing is never fun, the Blue Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 288th, while the HANNA are ranked 120th).
Although Middletown took the loss, they still got scores from Luis Roman and Nickayus Zenon.
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Line Mountain's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Steelton-Highspire by a score of 43-40. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (33), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
The losing side was boosted by Kaiden Maurer, who rushed for 79 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 177 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Dalton Schadel was another key player, picking up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Middletown's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Line Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Middletown came up short against Line Mountain when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 14-7. Can Middletown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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