Football Preview: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans vs. Queensbury Spartans
The Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Spartans will host the Queensbury Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Amsterdam 42-0. Considering the Spartans have won four matchups by more than 23 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake had a senior duo take command as John Gload rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries and Dj Mosher rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns. Mosher's longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 261 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jack Dilorenzo and Tyler Sicko.
Meanwhile, Queensbury beat Columbia 28-21 on Friday.
Queensbury got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Zavry Ward out in front who threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns. Ward has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Thomas Collins helped Ward out on the ground, picking up 93 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake's record is now 7-2. As for Queensbury, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-4.
Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake won a game that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup back in October, slipping by Queensbury 22-21. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ward, who threw for 246 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 77 yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake still be able to contain Ward? There's only one way to find out.
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