Football Game Preview: Amity Warriors vs. Dayton Pirates

By Team Reports Oct 29, 2024, 12:22am

Football Preview: Amity Warriors vs. Dayton Pirates

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Amity and Dayton are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The Amity Warriors and the Dayton Pirates are set to duel on Friday.

Last Friday, Amity was just a hair shy of victory and fell 15-14 to Willamina. The game marked the Warriors' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Meanwhile, Dayton was able to grind out a solid win over Blanchet Catholic on Friday, taking the game 14-7.

Dayton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 359 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in 20 consecutive contests dating back to last season.

Dayton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Taylr Miller and Jaxon Allen.

Amity's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3. As for Dayton, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.

Amity was dealt a bruising 44-6 loss at the hands of Dayton when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Amity was down 37-0.

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