Football Game Preview: Lancaster Legends vs. Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors Engineers

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Previous 6 Games

09/26/24 - Home	35-6 W
10/27/23 - Home	40-0 W
09/08/23 - Away	49-22 W
09/22/22 - Home	41-0 W
09/10/21 - Home	36-6 W
10/03/15 - Away	45-8 W

Lancaster is a perfect 6-0 against Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors since October of 2015 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Legends will host the Engineers at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.

The home team had won the previous three meetings between Lancaster and Jamestown, and Jamestown kept the tradition alive. The Legends took a 33-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Red & Green on Friday. The Legends were up 27-13 in the third quarter but couldn't hold on to the lead.

Meanwhile, Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 62-0 loss at the hands of Lewis J. Bennett/Olmsted/Middle Early College/East. While losing is never fun, the Engineers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 430th, while the Tigers are ranked 17th).

Having lost for the first time this season, Lancaster fell to 2-1. As for Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.

Everything came up roses for Lancaster against Hutchinson-Central Tech/Emerson Vo-Tech/City Honors in their previous meeting back in September of 2024, as the squad secured a 35-6 win. In that matchup, the Legends amassed a halftime lead of 35-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.