The matchup between Line Mountain and Middletown on Friday hardly resembled the 14-7 effort from their previous meeting. The Line Mountain Eagles blew past the Middletown Blue Raiders 55-21 at home. Considering the Eagles have won three matches by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Line Mountain was led to victory by Ian Bates and Kaiden Maurer. Bates gained 190 total yards and four touchdowns, while Maurer threw for 206 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. What's more, Bates also racked up 165 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in October of 2023. Luke Malfara was in the mix too, providing Line Mountain with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Line Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Line Mountain's defense and their four sacks. Leading the way was Dalton Schadel with two.
Line Mountain pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Middletown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Line Mountain will face off against James Buchanan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Line Mountain's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four matchups. As for Middletown, they will take on East Pennsboro at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. East Pennsboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26 points per game this season.
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