If Meadville was feeling good fresh off their 62-6 takedown of Franklin last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Meadville Bulldogs took a 35-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of the General McLane Lancers on Thursday. The Bulldogs gained 64 more yards on the day, but it was the Lancers that made the best use of them.
Several Bulldogs players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jordan Lawrence, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Meadville is 3-1 when Lawrence posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacoby Thompson, who threw for 116 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes.
Even though they lost, Meadville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 263 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Isaac Zietz was his usual excellent self, throwing for 191 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 70 yards and a touchdown for General McLane. That's the most rushing yards Zietz has posted since back in November of 2023. Jacob Zietz was Isaac's top target, picking up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meadville's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-4. As for General McLane, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Meadville will square off against Warren at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meadville is facing Warren at the right time seeing as Warren is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for General McLane, they will challenge Cathedral Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. General McLane is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.8 points per game this season.
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