ENOLA, Pa. — This week's Game of the Week features Northern York traveling to East Pennsboro.
We spoke to Northern York coach Bill Miller and East Pennsboro coach John Denniston before the game.
You can check out the Northern York interview above and the East Pennsboro interview below:
Here's a preview of the action:
Northern York (3-3, 2-1) at East Pennsboro (4-2, 1-2)
The host Panthers got off to a great start, but come into this one having lost two of three, including a 10-7 upset loss to Mechanicsburg last week. They lost to front-running Gettysburg 27-11 in Week 4.
Last week, the Panthers scored on the game's first play, as QB Dakota Campbell hit a streaking Breckin Swope for a 64-yard touchdown. But EP did nothing offensively after that -- their next-longest play was a 13-yard run in the fourth quarter.
As a result, they were shut out for the rest of the game in a deflating loss.
EP loves to run the ball, and they've got the weapons to do it. The quarterback platoon of Campbell and junior Keith Oakes leads the way with 556 combined rushing yards and eight scores, but running back Aaron Angelo (64-299, TD) is a force to be reckoned with as well.
Northern has won two of its last three games, including a 29-18 victory against Greencastle-Antrim last week. The Polar Bears are in the meat of their schedule, with showdowns against Susquehanna Township, Gettysburg, and Mechanicsburg -- all of whom are ahead of or tied with them in the Colonial race -- coming up after this one.
Quarterback Timothy Bonin (46-89, 585 yards, six TDs, three INTs) and running back Cole Bartrum (110-661, seven TDs) are players to watch for Northern.