The Arlington Admirals will challenge the John Jay Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Arlington will be strutting in after a win while John Jay will be coming in after a loss.
Arlington took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top against New Rochelle by a score of 13-6.
Arlington can attribute much of their success to Ryan Rancourt, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and Anthony Russo, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Russo a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, John Jay was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a 21-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Scarsdale. Having soared to a lofty 34 points in the game before, the Patriots couldn't push the score so high this time.
Arlington's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for John Jay, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Everything went Arlington's way against John Jay in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, as Arlington made off with a 42-21 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was John Jay's Brady Feliciotto, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 219 yards and a touchdown. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Arlington still be able to contain Feliciotto? There's only one way to find out.
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