Football Preview: Haverhill Hillies vs. Andover Golden Warriors
The Haverhill Hillies will head out on the road to challenge the Andover Golden Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Haverhill is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Haverhill ended up a good deal behind Central Catholic and lost 57-40. While losing is never fun, the Hillies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts football rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Raiders are ranked 18th).
Meanwhile, Andover sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 24-21 victory over Brockton on Saturday.
Nick Ilsley had a dynamite game for Andover, rushing for eight yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 98 receiving yards. Julius Martinez also helped out with an impressive 152 receiving yards.
Haverhill's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Andover, they pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Haverhill was taken down by Andover 48-13 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Andover's Dominic Papa, who threw for 358 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 17.9 yards per attempt. Now that Haverhill knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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