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

By Team Reports Sep 26, 2024, 1:43pm

Football Preview: Williamsville East Flames vs. North Tonawanda Lumberjacks

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The Williamsville East Flames will take on 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 on Friday. They lost 28-7 to the Spartans. 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 claimed a resounding 46-18 victory over the Engineers at home.

Williamsville East dropped their record down to 1-2 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season. 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? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.

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