The Clarkstown South Vikings will challenge the Nyack Red Hawks at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Clarkstown South headed into their last game having not scored more than 12 points for three straight, but Clarkstown North let them put that streak behind them. Clarkstown South came out on top against Clarkstown North by a score of 33-25 on Sunday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Rams are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Nyack came into Thursday's contest having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Yonkers Force [Gorton/Roosevelt/Yonkers Montessori Academy/Yonkers] 30-8 on Thursday. The Red Hawks' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Nyack had a senior duo take command as Ty'Lyn Blackwell-Williams rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries and Sean Clermont rushed for 212 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Blackwell-Williams a new career-high in rushing yards.
Nyack was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 279 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 63.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 198.
The win got Clarkstown South back to even at 3-3. As for Nyack, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-5.
Everything came up roses for Clarkstown South against Nyack when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as the squad secured a 37-0 win. Will Clarkstown South repeat their success, or does Nyack have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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