Eagles hope to keep the gears turning against Penns Valley

The 2022 season was shaping into a special one for Tyrone heading into a Week 7 game in Spring Mills against Penns Valley.

By then, the Golden Eagles were 6-1, and playing an exciting brand of football, and a win against the Rams would have set them on course for a Mountain League title and possibly a 10-win season, something Tyrone hadn’t accomplished since 2014.

Everything was going according to plan early when Tyrone built a 21-7 lead by halftime, but then things imploded before the Eagles’ eyes. Valley scored three times in the fourth quarter and won on a last-minute touchdown pass, dashing Tyrone’s aspirations for a league crown.

Tyrone finished the regular season 8-2 – a fine season by any measure – but those are moments Tyrone coach John Franco remembers like they were yesterday, and even though the Rams team his club will face in Centre County Friday is much different from the multi-talented group he saw two seasons ago, the game’s outcome was a part of the message he delivered to the Eagles this week.