Football Preview: Yorktown Huskers vs. Eastchester Eagles
The Yorktown Huskers will challenge the Eastchester Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.5 points per game this season.
Yorktown's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Brewster's usually-dominant defense. Yorktown came out on top against Brewster by a score of 31-24. Given the Huskers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Bears are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yorktown got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tyler Galante out in front who picked up 74 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Chad Bowen was in the mix too, providing Yorktown with two touchdowns.
Yorktown didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Galante and Brady Mcenroe.
Meanwhile, Eastchester sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 28-26 victory over Yonkers Brave [Saunders Trades & Tech/Lincoln/Riverside/Palisade Prep] on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Yorktown's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Eastchester, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-3.
Everything went Yorktown's way against Eastchester when the teams last played back in November of 2021, as Yorktown made off with a 31-7 win. Does Yorktown have another victory up their sleeve, or will Eastchester turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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