The Ellenville Blue Devils will challenge the Pawling Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Ellenville is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Tri-Valley 30-28. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Blue Devils have posted since October 27, 2023.
A big part of Ellenville's win came down to the chemistry between Pedro Bonachea and his top target Marcus Lewis-Rivera. Bonachea rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns while Lewis-Rivera rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Lewis-Rivera got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 53 yards.
Ellenville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 214 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Pawling faced Eldred in a battle between two of the state's top teams two weeks ago. Everything went Pawling's way against Eldred as Pawling made off with a 38-12 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Tigers just coasted through the last quarter.
Ellenville is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 26.2 points per game. As for Pawling, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Ellenville was dealt a bruising 50-20 defeat at the hands of Pawling in their previous matchup back in October. Can Ellenville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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