The Gateway Gators will square off against the Penn-Trafford Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gateway will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Gateway is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Armstrong 48-20 on the road on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-14.
Meanwhile, everything went Penn-Trafford's way against Plum on Friday as Penn-Trafford made off with a 34-10 win. Considering the Warriors have won three contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Tasso Whipple continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 163 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, while also picking up 72 receiving yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Penn-Trafford was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 251 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Gateway's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-3. As for Penn-Trafford, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Gateway didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Penn-Trafford in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 31-27 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Whipple, who rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 73 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Gateway still be able to contain Whipple? There's only one way to find out.
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