Football Preview: Indian River Indians vs. Seaford Bluejays
Indian River is 8-2 against Seaford since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Indian River Indians will look to defend their home field against the Seaford Bluejays at 6:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Indian River's favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Seaford has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road also dating back to last season.
Indian River is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Delaware's top teams: Delmar, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Indian River was ranked 23rd). Indian River came up short against Delmar on Saturday, falling 55-29. The loss was the Indians' first of the season.
Indian River's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Davon Handy, who rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, and Darnell Stokes, who rushed for 47 yards and a touchdown. Indian River also got a significant boost from Jayvion Chandler, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 84 yards.
Indian River wouldn't let Delmar keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Indian River can thank Nolan Staniszewski and Brennan Loose for forcing all of them. Staniszewski also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Even though they lost, Indian River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 201 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 173 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Seaford). They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-0 victory over Early College.
Having lost for the first time this season, Indian River fell to 3-1. As for Seaford, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Indian River lost to Seaford at home by a decisive 23-6 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Indian River have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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