The North Babylon Bulldogs will challenge the Northport Tigers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
North Babylon is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 56-21 victory over Centereach. With the Bulldogs ahead 49-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Northport blew past Smithtown East, posting a 49-7 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 161st, while the Bulls are ranked 400th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northport's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Luke Loiacono, who rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Enrique Hernandez, who rushed for six yards and a touchdown.
Northport didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carson Ciaio and Anthony Sylvanus. Another thorn in Smithtown East's side was Gio Valenti, who picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Northport's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for North Babylon, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
North Babylon and Northport were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in October, but North Babylon came up empty-handed after a 20-19 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hernandez, who rushed for 88 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and also threw for 186 yards and a touchdown on only 15 passes. Now that North Babylon 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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