After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Peru is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Beekmantown Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Peru will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a two-point defeat in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Plattsburgh on Friday. Peru claimed a resounding 54-22 win over Plattsburgh on the road.
Sawyer Schlitt had a dynamite game for Peru, rushing for 198 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Schlitt also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making two total tackles. Wyatt Bridges was another key back, rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown.
Peru's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Bridges, Mason Starke, Chase Carpenter, and Carpenter picked up one apiece. The dominant performance gave Bridges a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Peru was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Plattsburgh only rushed for a.
Meanwhile, Beekmantown never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past Massena 52-0 at home. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Eagles had established a 38 point advantage.
The victory got Peru back to even at 1-1. As for Beekmantown, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Peru took their win against Beekmantown in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 20-0. Does Peru have another victory up their sleeve, or will Beekmantown turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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