Steelton-Highspire at Line Mountain
A battle of two state-ranked teams, the Eagles are No. 3 in Class A, while the Rollers are ranked No. 8 in Class 2A, at Glenn Ressler Field. The Eagles were flying high through the first four weeks, but rival Upper Dauphin put a couple of dents in the armor. Nobody had run the ball against Line Mountain, but the Trojans became the first team to top 100 yards in a game on the ground. Juniata had its previous season-high with 66 yards. Did the Eagles get caught looking ahead? Or did the Trojans find something other teams can exploit? Steelton is coming off its first loss of the season to an undefeated Susquehanna Township team. This is like last season. Steelton really struggled through three quarters three weeks ago against Juniata, but the Rollers don’t play the opening week, so that was their first game of the season. How the Eagles handle the speed is how the game will go. Line Mountain has dreams of an undefeated season and this is the biggest roadblock so far.
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