Football Preview: Long Island Lutheran Crusaders vs. Port Chester Rams
The Long Island Lutheran Crusaders will head out on the road to take on the Port Chester Rams at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Long Island Lutheran will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 26-point they dealt Xaverian on Saturday. Everything went Long Island Lutheran's way against Xaverian as Long Island Lutheran made off with a 46-20 victory. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Clippers are ranked 162nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Peyton Robinson was a one-man wrecking crew for Long Island Lutheran as he threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 60 yards on only seven carries. A healthy portion of that aerial production (144 yards to be exact) went to Kameron Sullivan, who also brought in three receiving touchdowns.
Long Island Lutheran's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kaiere Griffin and Alonzo Riddick. The dominant performance gave Griffin a new career-high in rushing yards. Long Island Lutheran got some further help from Kareem Vessup: he picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made six total tackles.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Port Chester, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They walked away with a 27-14 win over Albertus Magnus on Saturday.
Long Island Lutheran's record now sits at 2-0. As for Port Chester, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
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