State College never let their opponents score on Friday. They breezed by the Altoona Mountain Lions at home to the tune of 57-0. Given the Little Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 165th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
State College had a senior duo take command as Eddie Corkery threw for 237 yards and six touchdowns on only 15 passes and Ty Salazer picked up 141 receiving yards and four touchdowns. With that strong performance, Corkery is now averaging an impressive 4 passing touchdowns per game. Levi Mellott helped Corkery out on the ground, rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, State College was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 407 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
State College wouldn't let Altoona keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Anderson ?Aj? Fry, Nathan Haas, and Sean Brennen picked up one apiece. Haas' also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making seven total tackles (4.0 for loss).
The victory made it two in a row for State College and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for Altoona, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
State College will head out on the road to face off against Harrisburg at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for Altoona, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Cumberland Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Altoona focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
