Football Preview: New Paltz Huguenots vs. Port Jervis Raiders
The New Paltz Huguenots will square off against the Port Jervis Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Paltz has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with three straight losses, while Port Jervis will come in with four straight wins.
New Paltz is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 34-14 to Marlboro Central on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Huguenots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 442nd, while the Dukes are ranked 203rd).
Defeat or not, New Paltz got some senior leadership from Sean Marz and Nicolas Horowitz. Marz rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown, while Horowitz rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown. Marz really tore up the turf during one magnificent 71-yard run.
Meanwhile, Port Jervis' offense rose to the challenge against a Bulldogs defense that boasted an average of only 14.25 points allowed on Friday. Port Jervis breezed by Beacon on the road to the tune of 49-12. Fans of the Raiders have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
It was another big night for Dylan Fox, who threw for 332 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Anthony Theodore was Fox's top target, picking up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Port Jervis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
New Paltz's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Port Jervis, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
New Paltz was dealt a bruising 62-0 defeat at the hands of Port Jervis when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can New Paltz avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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