Lehighton hasn't had much luck against Palmerton recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Lehighton Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Palmerton Blue Bombers at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Lehighton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 33 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Southern Lehigh on Friday. They were outmatched by the Spartans on the road and fell 34-3. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 318th, while the Spartans are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Palmerton was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were dealt a 63-7 loss at the hands of Saucon Valley.
Lehighton now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Palmerton, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Lehighton suffered a grim 54-30 defeat to Palmerton in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Thankfully for Lehighton, Matthew Machalik (who rushed for 209 yards and five touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 184 yards and a touchdown while completing 82.4% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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