The Whitney Point Eagles will take on the Waverly Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Whitney Point is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Whitney Point was dealt a 44-6 loss at the hands of Watkins Glen/Odessa-Montour. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Storm recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Waverly had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 51.3 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 48-0 win over the Bobcats. The result was nothing new for the Wolverines, who have now won six matches by 21 points or more so far this season.
Waverly had a senior duo take command as Fletcher Good rushed for 100 yards and four touchdowns on only 12 carries and Kolsen Keathley rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns. Those 106 rushing yards gave Keathley a new career-high. Waverly also got a significant boost from Bryce Laforest, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 83 yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Waverly was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Whitney Point's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5. As for Waverly, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1.
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