Football Preview: Saugerties Sawyers vs. New Paltz Huguenots
The Saugerties Sawyers will head out on the road to face off against the New Paltz Huguenots at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Saugerties is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Saugerties is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Port Jervis on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Saugerties was dealt a 62-13 loss at the hands of Port Jervis. While losing is never fun, the Sawyers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 301st, while the Raiders are ranked 57th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Paltz). They managed a 34-29 victory over Highland on Saturday. New Paltz's win was all the more impressive since the Huskies were averaging only 12.29 points allowed on the season.
A big part of New Paltz's victory came down to the chemistry between Nick Drewnowski and his top target Ben Gabriels. Drewnowski threw for 125 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes while Gabriels picked up 53 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Drewnowski also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because New Paltz is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Saugerties now has a losing record at 3-4. As for New Paltz, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 3-4.
Saugerties strolled past New Paltz in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a score of 35-20. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was New Paltz's Gavin Treglia, who threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Saugerties still be able to contain Treglia? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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