TIM WEIGHT/For the Express Central Mountain’s Alex Johnson (15) and Kole Corman (19) high five prior to a football game against Shamokin on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Malinak Stadium. The Wildcats face Mount Carmel on Friday.

Central Mountain (0-7) is hoping it can find a way to win its first game in two years, but has another tall order against a team coming off a dominant performance last week. The Wildcats have shown progress at times but a blend of youth, injuries and a tough schedule has proven tough to overcome.

Sophomore quarterback Kyle Everett and freshman quarterback Alex Johnson combined for complete 11 of 17 passes for 130 yards in last week’s loss against Montoursville.

Linebacker Kole Corman is among the area’s leading tacklers for a second straight season and has topped 100 once again.

Corman has consecutive 100-tackle seasons and has 211 tackles during that time. Fellow linebacker Dalton McDermott also is having a strong season and has 85 tackles this year.

Mount Carmel (3-4) snapped a three-game losing streak a week ago, pounding Danville, 61-13. It was the second time this season that the Tornadoes scored touchdowns via kick return, punt return and interception return.

The offensive line controlled things as well and Mount Carmel ran for 473 yards with Jaylen Delaney (176) and Michael Kismal (123) each going over 100.

Delaney also returned a punt 53 yards for a score and Cooper Karycki a kickoff 90 yards. Freshman Thomas Berezvoske returned an interception for a touchdown and fellow freshman James Spears added an interception.

The top four teams qualify for the District 4 Class AAA playoffs and Mount Carmel is third with a chance to strengthen its grip on that position the next two weeks.