Football Preview: Warrior Run Defenders vs. Towanda Black Knights
The Warrior Run Defenders will face off against the Towanda Black Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Warrior Run will bounce into Friday's match after beating Loyalsock Township, who they had gone 0-8 against in their eight prior meetings. Warrior Run strolled past Loyalsock Township with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 21-7.
Eli Butler was his usual excellent self, rushing for 127 yards and three touchdowns. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making 11 total tackles.
Another reason for the win was Warrior Run's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Leading the way was Stone Allison with three.
Meanwhile, Towanda had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.4 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 42-20 victory. The Black Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven contests by 20 points or more this season.
Towanda was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Towanda didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Tahshon Garner and Riley Vanderpool. Vanderpool also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 272. Towanda got some further help from Sawyer Robinson: he picked up three sacks and made ten total tackles.
Towanda's win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-2. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.4 points per game. As for Warrior Run, their record now sits at 7-4.
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