Line Mountain has gone 8-1 against Halifax recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Line Mountain Eagles will be playing in front of their home fans against the Halifax Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Line Mountain will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Line Mountain will head into Friday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 40) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Juniata 20-18.
Line Mountain's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Kaiden Maurer, who threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns, and Ian Bates, who rushed for 162 yards. That's the most rushing yards Bates has posted since back in October of 2023.
Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Juniata only rushed for 94.
Meanwhile, Halifax was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were beaten by Steelton-Highspire 56-7. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 464th, while the Steamrollers are ranked 219th).
Line Mountain now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Halifax, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything came up roses for Line Mountain against Halifax when the teams last played back in October of 2023 as the squad secured a 50-14 victory. In that game, Line Mountain amassed a halftime lead of 31-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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