The Brewster Bears will venture away from home to take on the Rye Garnets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Brewster: 11.2, Rye: 10.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
Brewster will head out to face Rye after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Brewster took a 31-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of Yorktown. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Bears, who until this matchup were averaging 11.25 points allowed.
Despite the defeat, Brewster got top-tier performance from Chase Prohaszka, who rushed for 138 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 89 yards and a touchdown. Prohaszka got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 77 yards. Tre Ficarra was another key rusher, gaining 135 total yards.
Even though they lost, Brewster was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Meanwhile, Rye put another one in the bag on Saturday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Harrison a 24-0 shutout. The Garnets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.
Brewster's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3. As for Rye, their victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
Brewster came up short against Rye when the teams last played back in September of 2022, falling 34-30. Thankfully for Brewster, Aj Miller (who threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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