The Owego Free Academy River Hawks will take on the Horseheads Blue Raiders at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Owego Free Academy's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Johnson City 20-0. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the River Hawks' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Wildcats are ranked 291st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Horseheads). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Binghamton 60-14. The Blue Raiders have beaten the Patriots the last eight times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Patriots has come to flipping the script.
Horseheads' win was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 5-3. As for Owego Free Academy, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-3.
Everything went Owego Free Academy's way against Horseheads when the teams last played back in September of 2024, as Owego Free Academy made off with a 35-14 win. Do the River Hawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Blue Raiders turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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