The Shamokin Area Indians will stay at home for another week and welcome the Juniata Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Shamokin Area: 10.2, Juniata: 12.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Shamokin Area is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Jersey Shore 28-27.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Logan Steele and Elijah Jordan. Steele had a great game and threw for 273 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Jordan was balling out in the loss, rushing for 142 yards, while also throwing for 176 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Juniata entered their tilt with Bellefonte on Saturday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took down the Raiders 20-6.
Juniata was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Juniata wouldn't let Bellefonte keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Juniata can thank Wyatt Ehrenzeller and Wyatt Dysinger for forcing both of them.
Shamokin Area pushed their record up to 12-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.3 points per game. As for Juniata, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.
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