The Kennedy Bears will challenge the Barker/Royalton-Hartland Bulls at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Kennedy played in-conference for the first time on Friday and got just the result they were looking for. They walked away with a 28-20 win over Tonawanda. The score was all tied up 6-6 at the break, but the Bears were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Barker/Royalton-Hartland had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They came out on top against York/Pavilion by a score of 30-23.
Barker/Royalton-Hartland's win came from a few key players Kennedy will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Vincenzo Fazzio, who picked up 79 receiving yards and two scores, and also rushed for 35 yards. Another player making a difference was Tysen McCaa, who threw for 153 yards and a pair of TDs on only ten passes.
Barker/Royalton-Hartland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Barker/Royalton-Hartland didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carter DeSarkissian and Fazzio. Fazzio got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
The victory was their first on the road , bumping their record up to 2-3. As for Barker/Royalton-Hartland, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
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