Mattanawcook/Lee Academy/Penobscot Valley will take on the Dirigo Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Mattanawcook/Lee Academy/Penobscot Valley has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Dirigo will arrive with five straight victories.
Mattanawcook/Lee Academy/Penobscot Valley might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 34-20 to John Bapst Memorial, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Dirigo). They strolled past Poland with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 44-30. With that win, the Cougars brought their scoring average up to 26.8 points per game.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Hudson Lufkin and Damon Martin. Lufkin had a great game and rushed for 178 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Martin was balling out in the loss, rushing for 129 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 104 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Dirigo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 347 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Dirigo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Nathaniel Wainwright. Dakota White was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making ten total tackles.
Mattanawcook/Lee Academy/Penobscot Valley's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Dirigo, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
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