Football Preview: Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks vs. Shenendehowa Plainsmen
The Saratoga Springs Blue Streaks will challenge the Shenendehowa Plainsmen at 6:55 p.m. on Friday.
Saratoga Springs is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Shaker just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Saturday. They lost 35-14 to the Bison. The defeat continues a trend for the Blue Streaks in their matchups with the Bison: they've now lost eight in a row.
Despite the loss, Saratoga Springs got top-tier performance from David Newell, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Newell has posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, Shenendehowa had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Everything went their way against the Silver Warriors as they made off with a 35-12 win. The Plainsmen might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Saratoga Springs' defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2. As for Shenendehowa, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Saratoga Springs took a serious blow against Shenendehowa when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 34-0. Thankfully for Saratoga Springs, Blake Mello (who picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also punched in two rushing scores) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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