Yorktown and West Springfield met for a duel on Friday where Yorktown had to take the L. The Yorktown Patriots were just a hair shy of victory and fell 29-28 to the West Springfield Spartans. The Patriots gained 73 more yards on the day, but it was the Spartans that made the best use of them.
Although Yorktown took the loss, they still got scores from Nate Randles, Max Troiano, Drew Morgan, and Finn Luca.
Even though they lost, Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as West Springfield only rushed for 78.
Yorktown'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 Grant Buckley and Owen Woodward.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead West Springfield to victory, but perhaps none more so than Scott Lewis, who rushed for 36 yards and three touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for Yorktown and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for West Springfield, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Yorktown didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 34-7 win against Centreville on the 4th. As for West Springfield, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Robinson at 7:00 p.m. on October 10th.
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