Lewisburg has won seven straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Mifflinburg has won seven straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Lewisburg Green Dragons will host the Mifflinburg Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Lewisburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29 points per game this season.
Lewisburg will bounce into Friday's match after beating Montoursville, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Lewisburg came out on top against Montoursville by a score of 22-12 on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jeremiah Davis and Christian Banks. Davis had a great game and rushed for 137 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Banks was balling out in the loss, rushing for 143 yards while picking up 7.2 yards per carry.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mifflinburg). They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 76-8 win over Midd-West. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won three games by 34 points or more so far this season.
Chad Martin continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 231 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Griffith, who picked up 50 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mifflinburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 74.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 181.7.
Mifflinburg didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Landen Murray, Dylan Parrish, Landon Moser, and Jackson Marr picked up one apiece. Moser also posted 100 receiving yards, which is notable because Mifflinburg is 4-2 when he posts at least 100 receiving yards, but 0-3 otherwise.
Lewisburg's victory bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Mifflinburg, their win bumped their record up to 4-5.
Everything came up roses for Lewisburg against Mifflinburg when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 35-0 victory. Will Lewisburg repeat their success, or does Mifflinburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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