Football Preview: Cazenovia Lakers vs. Bishop Ludden Gaelic Knights
After two games on the road, Cazenovia is heading back home. They will welcome the Bishop Ludden Gaelic Knights at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Cazenovia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came out on top against Marcellus by a score of 47-38 on Friday. With that victory, the Lakers brought their scoring average up to 28.3 points per game.
Robert Livingston was his usual excellent self, rushing for 144 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 273 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes. He has become a key player for Cazenovia: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Bishop Ludden never let their opponents score on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Southern Hills [Tully/LaFayette/Fabius Pompey] 40-0 at home. That 40 point margin sets a new team best for the Gaelic Knights this season.
Jahbari Clarke continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of X?Zavion Streiff, who threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bishop Ludden was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
The win got Cazenovia back to even at 3-3. As for Bishop Ludden, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Cazenovia came up short against Bishop Ludden when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 20-7. Can Cazenovia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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