Football Preview: Pine Bush Bushmen vs. Warwick Wildcats
The Pine Bush Bushmen will face off against the Warwick Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pine Bush is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Pine Bush had to suffer through a 42-15 loss at the hands of Monroe-Woodbury. While losing is never fun, the Bushmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 121st, while the Crusaders are ranked 18th).
Although Pine Bush took the loss, they still got scores from Jake Schorling and Jaiden Sposito.
Meanwhile, Warwick put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They were the clear victor by a 35-14 margin over Roosevelt. The result was nothing new for the Wildcats, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Brody Frederick continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 278 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 66 yards. Those 66 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Warwick didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Matt Abel and Luca Siebert. Siebert is also crushing it when it comes to interceptions: he's snagged at least one every time he's taken the field this season.
Pine Bush's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Warwick, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Pine Bush has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 209.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Warwick has preferred to attack from the air: they average 296.4 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Thursday? There's only one way to find out.
Pine Bush came up short against Warwick when the teams last played back in November of 2022, falling 41-33. Can Pine Bush avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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