Football Preview: Plainedge Red Devils vs. Wantagh Warriors
Plainedge is 8-2 against Wantagh since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Plainedge Red Devils will square off against the Wantagh Warriors. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Plainedge sitting on four straight victories and Wantagh on five.
Plainedge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They managed a 33-27 win over Seaford. Given the Red Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Vikings are ranked 128th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Wantagh). They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 55-6 victory over Cold Spring Harbor. The Warriors might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by 34 points or more this season.
Wantagh had a senior duo take command as Dylan Martini gained 269 total yards and three touchdowns and Ryan Conigliaro threw for 170 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Martini really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards. Oliver Iacobazzi helped Conigliaro out on the ground, picking up 56 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Wantagh was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Plainedge's win bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Wantagh, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 9-1.
Plainedge didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Wantagh when the teams last played back in October, but they still walked away with a 33-27 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Martini, who rushed for 184 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Plainedge still be able to contain Martini? There's only one way to find out.
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