The Maryland School for the Deaf Orioles will head out to challenge the Delaware County Christian Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Maryland School for the Deaf is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Friday. They breezed by Perkiomen School to the tune of 46-8. 46 seems to be a good number for the Orioles as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Delaware County Christian is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Model Secondary School for the Deaf. Everything went Delaware County Christian's way against Model Secondary School for the Deaf as Delaware County Christian made off with a 42-22 victory. The Knights' win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Sam Dixon continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 189 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 143 yards and three touchdowns while completing 90.9% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Christian Odonnell was another key player, picking up 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Delaware County Christian didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nathan Burd and Ian Pruessner.
Delaware County Christian's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 48.6 points per game. As for Maryland School for the Deaf, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 8-2.
Maryland School for the Deaf came up short against Delaware County Christian in their previous meeting back in September, falling 30-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dixon, who rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 82 yards and a touchdown. Now that Maryland School for the Deaf knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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