Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley will venture away from home to take on the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley: 14.8, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk: 11.6) so any points scored will be well earned.
Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Lansingburgh by a score of 31-19. Given Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 160th, while Lansingburgh is ranked 333rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Gloversville 56-21. The victory was nothing new for the Indians as they're now sitting on four straight.
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk can attribute much of their success to Mason Carkner, who rushed for 92 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries, and Ethan Green, who rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry. Green also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making three total tackles. Gavin Lochner was another key rusher, gaining 101 total yards and a touchdown.
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 348 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley pushed their record up to 8-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, their record now sits at 7-2.
Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley and Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in November of 2023, but Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley came up empty-handed after a 14-13 loss. Can Mechanicville/Hoosic Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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