Big Spring is 0-4 against East Pennsboro since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Big Spring Bulldogs will square off against the East Pennsboro Panthers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Big Spring took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They put the hurt on Middletown with a sharp 37-11 victory. With the Bulldogs ahead 25-3 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Grant Hall and Gavin Paul. Hall had a great game and gained 159 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Paul was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, while East Pennsboro put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for James Buchanan. East Pennsboro blew past James Buchanan, posting a 36-0 win on the road. Considering the Panthers have won five matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
East Pennsboro had a senior duo take command as JJ Gossard rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries and Aaron Angelo gained 152 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Gossard a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, East Pennsboro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 253 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Big Spring pushed their record up to 4-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for East Pennsboro, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
Big Spring came up short against East Pennsboro in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, falling 55-46. Thankfully for Big Spring, Onasis Neely (who rushed for 263 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry) 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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