The Irvington Blue Knights will take on the Union City Soaring Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Irvington has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Union City will come in with four straight wins.
On Saturday, Irvington ended up a good deal behind Seton Hall Prep and lost 38-22.
Meanwhile, Union City never let their opponents score on Friday. They claimed a resounding 48-0 victory over Columbia. The Soaring Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 46 points or more this season.
Irvington better keep an eye on Naythan Pena. He was instrumental in Union City's win, rushing for 210 yards and four scores on only 13 carries. With that strong performance, Pena is now averaging an impressive 102.5 rushing yards per game. Elemaniel Gerena made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Union City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 343 rushing yards. They are a perfect 4-0 when they've run for more than 200 yards.
Irvington's loss dropped their record down to 3-6. As for Union City, their record is now 5-3.
Irvington and Union City were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but Irvington suffered an agonizing 7-6 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pena, who rushed for 116 yards and one TD while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Now that the Blue Knights know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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