Football Preview: Lancaster Legends vs. Orchard Park Quakers
Lancaster has gone 9-1 against Orchard Park recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Lancaster Legends will square off against the Orchard Park Quakers at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Lancaster got the win against Lockport by a conclusive 48-22. The Legends pushed the score to 48-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Daniel Ahearn was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 127 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards. Justin Hartwig got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Lancaster's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Richard Andres, Hartwig, and Dominic Sclafani picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Orchard Park beat Niagara Falls 34-28 on Saturday. Given the Quakers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Wolverines are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory got Lancaster back to even at 1-1. As for Orchard Park, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Lancaster didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Orchard Park when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 21-17 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lancaster since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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