Football Preview: Corning-Painted Post Hawks vs. Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders
The Corning-Painted Post Hawks will square off against the Monroe-Woodbury Crusaders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Corning-Painted Post heads in on the heels of a playoff match on Friday. They fell 35-22 to Elmira/Southside. The Hawks' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Monroe-Woodbury had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They blew past the Middie Bears 34-10. Considering the Crusaders have won four matchups by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Monroe-Woodbury found their leader in sophomore Ethan Maldonado, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 98 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Maldonado a new career-high in rushing yards. Noah Flores handled things on the ground, rushing for 93 yards.
Monroe-Woodbury's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for Corning-Painted Post, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-3.
Corning-Painted Post strolled past Monroe-Woodbury in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 by a score of 28-12. Will Corning-Painted Post repeat their success, or does Monroe-Woodbury have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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