Football Preview: Saranac Lake Red Storm vs. Beekmantown Eagles
The Saranac Lake Red Storm will take on the Beekmantown Eagles at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Beekmantown is hoping to do what AuSable Valley couldn't last Saturday: put an end to Saranac Lake's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Saranac Lake's way against AuSable Valley as Saranac Lake made off with a 37-16 victory.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Beekmantown over Peru in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Beekmantown blew past Peru 31-6. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 25 points or more this season.
Josh Sand had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 72 yards.
Beekmantown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 249 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Beekmantown's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Miguel Herrera.
Saranac Lake's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Beekmantown, their victory bumped their record up to 3-1.
Saranac Lake was dealt a bruising 40-6 loss at the hands of Beekmantown in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Saranac Lake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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