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Manheim Township has won 19 straight regular season games. It’s last home loss came to Wilson, in 2022. The Bulldogs have won their last three games on the Blue Streaks’ home field, including 2020 and 2018.

Overall, the Bulldogs lead the series 39-13-1 and are 32-6 since 1986. Wilson’s league-record 68-game league winning streak was snapped in Neffsville in 2017.

2

A win over Unionville Friday in Robesonia will give Conrad Weiser its first 10-0 season since 1996, and fifth overall.

The Scouts also recorded perfect seasons in 1973, 1981, and 1982; they went 6-0 COVID-shortened 2020 season.

They set a program record with 11 wins in 1996 before losing in Week 12.

3

Wilson has not gone three straight years without winning a Lancaster-Lebanon League section title since 1982-84, the final year of John Gurski’s coaching tenure and the first two years of Gerry Slemmer’s.

The Bulldogs won 14 Section 1 titles in Doug Dahms’ first 17 seasons but have finished second in each of the past two seasons; they need a win Friday over Manheim Township to claim the title.

4

Gov. Mifflin and Ephrata, now rivals in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League, play Friday for the first time in 21 years.

The series, which debuted in 1985, is tied 6-6-1. The Mustangs haven’t beaten the Mounts since 2001.

Ephrata moved from Section 3 to Section 2 for this season.

5

Six of the nine teams which won or shared Lancaster-Lebanon League titles in 2023 are out of the running heading into the final week of the regular season: Manheim Central (Section 2); Ephrata, Garden Spot, and Twin Valley (Section 3 tri-champs); Cocalico (Section 4); and Annville-Cleona (a tri-champ in Section 5).

Manheim Township can repeat as Section 1 champ win a win over Wilson, or share the title with a loss. Schuylkill Valley, which shared the Section 5 title last year with Lancaster-Catholic and Annville-Cleona, has clinched at least a tie; it will be the outright champ if it beats the Crusaders or share it if it loses.