Football Preview: Brandywine Bulldogs vs. Indian River Indians
The Brandywine Bulldogs have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Indian River Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brandywine is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Early College 64-0 at home. The high-scoring effort was just what the Bulldogs needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Indian River over Seaford in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Indian River blew Seaford out of the water with a 46-7 final score. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 24 points or more this season.
Jayvion Chandler continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 179 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 56 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Davon Handy, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Indian River didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Ty Weber and Weston Werner. Weber has been hot recently, having also posted eight or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Indian River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 173 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Brandywine now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Indian River, their win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Brandywine came up short against Indian River when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 14-10. Will Brandywine have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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