After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Beacon is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Port Jervis Raiders at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Beacon's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with an 8-0 victory over Kingston.
Meanwhile, Port Jervis put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Middletown 46-14 on the road. Fans of the Raiders have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Port Jervis to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dylan Fox, who rushed for 96 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 178 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. Anthony Theodore was Fox's top target, picking up 166 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 71 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Port Jervis was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 199 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Beacon's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0. As for Port Jervis, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-0.
Beacon took a serious blow against Port Jervis in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 61-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Port Jervis' Carroll Dolshun, who rushed for 122 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. Now that Beacon knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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