Football Preview: Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats vs. Bayport-Blue Point Phantoms
The Shoreham-Wading River Wildcats will take on the Bayport-Blue Point Phantoms at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
If Bayport-Blue Point heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Shoreham-Wading River took over last week. Shoreham-Wading River snuck past John Glenn with a 42-36 victory on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Sean Casey went supernova for Shoreham-Wading River, rushing for 173 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 51 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave Casey a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Noah Gregorek, who threw for 147 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes.
Meanwhile, Bayport-Blue Point came tearing into Saturday's game with 13 straight wins dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Red Devils 34-7 at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
Shoreham-Wading River's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Bayport-Blue Point, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
Shoreham-Wading River took a serious blow against Bayport-Blue Point in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, falling 49-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Shoreham-Wading River was down 28-0.
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