The Pingry School Big Blue are taking a road trip to square off against the Horace Mann Lions at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Last Saturday, The Pingry School came up short against Xavier and fell 29-22. While losing is never fun, the Big Blue can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 245th in New Jersey, while the Knights are ranked 39th in New York).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ryan Moye and Peter Heaney. Heaney had a great game and rushed for 110 yards and one score on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Moye was balling out in the loss, throwing for 202 yards and a pair of TDs on only 19 passes, while also rushing for 55 yards and one touchdown.
Meanwhile, Horace Mann owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 27-0 victory over Newark Academy. The win continues a trend for the Lions in their matchups with the Minutemen: they've now won seven in a row.
The Pingry School now has a losing record of 2-3. As for Horace Mann, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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