Football Game Preview: Williamsville East Flames vs. North Tonawanda Lumberjacks

By Team Reports Sep 27, 2024, 2:02am

Football Preview: Williamsville East Flames vs. North Tonawanda Lumberjacks

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The Williamsville East Flames will square off against the North Tonawanda Lumberjacks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

Williamsville East is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 31 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Starpoint last Friday. They came up short against the Spartans, falling 28-7. While losing is never fun, the Flames can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Spartans are ranked 113th).

Williamsville East wouldn't let Starpoint keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Williamsville East can thank Knophear Ramadan and Kyere Smith for forcing both of them.

North Tonawanda never got on the board in their matchup two weeks ago, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors last Thursday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Engineers 46-18 at home.

Williamsville East's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-2. As for North Tonawanda, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.

Williamsville East couldn't quite finish off North Tonawanda in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 28-26. Will Williamsville East have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.

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