Friday, October 14, 2011

PREVIEW: 2011 Regular Season, Game 7


EPHRATA AREA MOUNTAINEERS (0-3, 0-6)
@
WILSON BULLDOGS (3-0, 5-1)

Where: Gurski Stadium, Wilson High School, West Lawn, PA
When: 7:00 PM, Friday, October 14th


HOW'D THEY GET HERE?
  • Well the Bulldogs have certainly come a long way since the season-opening loss to bitter rival Governor Mifflin, haven't they? The answer is yes. Yes, they have. Wilson has won five straight straight, including three straight in League playe, which stretches their ridiculous league game winning streak to 25 straight! The Bulldogs have defeated Manheim Central, Reading, J.P. McCaskey, Cedar Crest & most recently Hempfield. They now host a winless Ephrata team struggling to find a direction. The main reason for the Bulldogs quick turnaround has been their defense. Ever since the 2nd half versus the Barons in Week 2 the Wilson 'D' has been LIGHTS OUT. They're stuffing runners, pressuring the opposing QBs, and covering WRs with ease. Week 7 shouldn't be much of a test; Weeks 8 & 9, however, will be. Hopefully the 'dawgs won't be caught looking ahead...
  • The Mountaineers are certainly struggling. They lost their 1st four games by a combined 38 points. They've been in the games vs Exeter (6-0), @ Cocalico (2-4), @Conestoga Valley (3-3) and @ Manheim Township (5-1). Unfortunately for them they haven't been able to secure a 'W'. Things got worse in Weeks 5 & 6 as Ephrata's opponents (vs Penn Manor, vs Warwick) won by a combined score of 72-21. The Mounts haven't won a league game since the 2009 season.
MATCH-UP HISTORY
  • The game this Friday in West Lawn will be just the 6th all-time meeting between the Mounts & Bulldogs. Wilson has dominated the new series thus far, winning all 5 of the previous match-ups. The Bulldogs won last year at Ephrata, 63-0.
FOLLOW THE GAME LIVE
  • While it's not TV or even radio, you can follow tonight's game "live" via the Internet. For a live scoreboard, check out MaxPreps.com, where yours truly will be updating the event as close to real-time as possible.
  • If that's not your thing you can also follow @WilsonBulldogs on twitter. I try to get some light play-by-play action & score updates on there as well.
Helmet images courtesy PA Helmet Project.

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