After two games on the road, Moriah is heading back home. They will welcome the Peru Nighthawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Moriah is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Ticonderoga on the road to the tune of 41-0 on Saturday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Vikings' disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 460th, while the Sentinels are ranked 35th).
Meanwhile, Peru had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Patriots 41-8 at home. The result was nothing new for the Nighthawks, who have now won four contests by 26 points or more so far this season.
Peru can attribute much of their success to Wyatt Bridges, who rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and Jake Frechette, who threw for 147 yards and a touchdown while completing 78.6% of his passes. Peru is undefeated when Bridges posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
The win got Moriah back to even at 3-3. As for Peru, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.
Moriah lost to Peru at home by a decisive 50-34 margin when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Moriah avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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