Football Preview: Cambridge/Salem vs. Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton Wolverines
Cambridge/Salem will face off against the Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are still undefeated after three-games, but that won't be the case come Friday.
Cambridge/Salem's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 60-0 victory over Corinth at home.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Cambridge/Salem to victory, but perhaps none more so than Preston Peabody, who rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. The dominant performance gave Peabody a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jackson Rowland, who rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns.
Cambridge/Salem's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Myles Mattson and Anthony Becker.
Special teams also deserves some recognition, posting 18 points in total. All those points came courtesy of Luke LeBlanc: he added 18 points with six field goals.
Meanwhile, Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 30-28 win over Schuylerville on Friday.
Jack Welch and Nick Jeckel were among the main playmakers for Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton as the former rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries and the latter gained 183 total yards and two touchdowns. Jeckel also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making 15 total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 363 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
One reason for the win was Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. Leading the way was Max Hohman with 3.5. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Cambridge/Salem's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Cambridge/Salem was dealt a bruising 69-15 defeat at the hands of Warrensburg/Lake George/Bolton in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Cambridge/Salem, Gavin McCabe (who rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also picked up 62 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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