Football Preview: Freedom Patriots vs. Easton Area Rovers
Freedom has gone 8-2 against Easton Area recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Freedom Patriots will be playing at home against the Easton Area Rovers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Easton Area is hoping to do what Northampton couldn't on Friday: put an end to Freedom's winning streak, which now stands at eight games. Everything went Freedom's way against Northampton as Freedom made off with a 42-21 win. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Konkrete Kids are ranked 77th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Easton Area had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.5 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Hurricanes 49-20 on the road.
Easton Area relied on the efforts of Dorian Thomas, who rushed for 154 yards and three touchdowns, and Cole Ordway, who threw for 135 yards and two touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Thomas has posted since back in October of 2023. The team also got some help courtesy of William Day, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown.
Freedom's victory bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Easton Area, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Freedom was able to grind out a solid victory over Easton Area when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 20-7. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Thomas, who rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Freedom still be able to contain Thomas? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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