Football Preview: Batavia Blue Devils vs. Eastridge Lancers
The Batavia Blue Devils will challenge the Eastridge Lancers at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Batavia is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Batavia is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Rochester Prep, posting a 56-6 win. Considering the Blue Devils have won seven matchups by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Eastridge narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Honeoye Falls-Lima 27-24.
Dwayne Collins was a one-man wrecking crew for Eastridge as he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown. Benny Calixto was another key player, throwing for 180 yards and a touchdown on only ten passes.
Eastridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Batavia pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.0 points per game. As for Eastridge, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Batavia beat Eastridge 7-0 in their previous meeting back in October. Will Batavia repeat their success, or does Eastridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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