The two best teams in a league don't always have the opportunity to play once in a season. But this year, the two best teams in the Anthracite Football League will meet for a second time.

On Saturday night, Lehighton will again host Blue Mountain and this time the stakes are much higher - a District 11 Class AAA semifinal."From our first match up with Blue Mountain, we learned that they are a very physical football team that is well coached," explained Lehighton head coach Tom McCarroll. "Our biggest take away is how our players responded to adversity after falling behind in the fourth quarter."Blue Mountain earned a brief lead late in the week four meeting, but ultimately came up short against the Tribe, 36-29. The loss to McCarroll's squad was the only blemish on Blue Mountain's record (9-1, 8-1) this year.Both teams can put up points on command, but don't sleep on the defensive success that both of the teams are having. Blue Mountain's defense has given up just 29 total points to its six opponents after the loss to the Tribe."We started a few kids that were still learning early in the season," said Blue Mountain head coach Cory Mabry. "We can see some of the things that we did wrong earlier in the year, and we aren't making some of those same mistakes anymore. Obviously, with their offense, we need to stop the QB (Tyler Cann) who can throw the ball and run. We have to control the other monster in the backfield (Clements) too and make sure he doesn't pound us for 200 yards. They have a great combination and it's a great recipe for success."During the regular season clash, both defenses allowed more points than they had in any other game this season.McCarroll noted, "Our keys to success will be to play very sound defense and to be able to move the ball while controlling the clock offensively."Just like Blue Mountain, protecting the pylons has been a non-issue for the Tribe down the stretch. The Indians (10-0, 9-0) have given up just four total first half scores during the six games following the Blue Mountain victory. Lehighton has held opponents to 10.1 points-per-game during the sequence. Two of the four scores were during last week's AFL championship clinching victory against Jim Thorpe."Our players came out in the second half (against JT) very focused and very intense," McCarroll said. "We did make a few changes in our play calling and the kids responded well. Last week's atmosphere was special. Not every kid who plays high school football gets to experience that. Both the closing of the stadium and what these players have accomplished helped contribute to that atmosphere. Playing in those type of games definitely helps. Our players do not get overwhelmed by scope of being in the playoffs."Both teams are riding a wave of momentum into Saturday night's highly anticipated grudge match. Anything can happen when all of the chips are on the table.