Football Preview: Susquehanna Valley Sabers vs. Norwich Purple Tornado
The Susquehanna Valley Sabers will venture away from home to take on the Norwich Purple Tornado at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Susquehanna Valley nor Norwich posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Susquehanna Valley managed to keep up with Delaware Academy until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Susquehanna Valley was dealt a 42-12 defeat at the hands of Delaware Academy. The Sabers were already down big by the end of the third quarter and they stayed that way after failing to score in the fourth.
Although Susquehanna Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Aiden Howard and Jesse Frear.
Susquehanna Valley's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. Frear picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Norwich came up short against Owego Free Academy on Friday, falling 28-6. While losing is never fun, the Purple Tornado can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the River Hawks are ranked 83rd).
Susquehanna Valley's loss dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Norwich, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Susquehanna Valley couldn't quite finish off Norwich when the teams last played back in September of 2021 and fell 14-12. Can Susquehanna Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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