Football Preview: Schuylerville Horses vs. Fonda-Fultonville Valley Hawks
Schuylerville is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Fonda-Fultonville is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Schuylerville Horses will face off against the Fonda-Fultonville Valley Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Schuylerville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 71-0 victory over Johnstown. Given the Horses' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Sir Bills are ranked 446th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Schuylerville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Levi Michaud, who rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Michaud a new career-high in rushing yards. Landen Cumm was in the mix as well, providing Schuylerville with two touchdowns.
Schuylerville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 398 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Johnstown only rushed for 126.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Fonda-Fultonville had no problem doing just that on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Watervliet/Heatly 49-8. With the Valley Hawks ahead 35-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Schuylerville's record is now 8-1. As for Fonda-Fultonville, their record now sits at 7-2.
Schuylerville came up short against Fonda-Fultonville in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 31-21. Can Schuylerville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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