Long Island Lutheran only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 26-point they dealt Xaverian on Saturday. The Long Island Lutheran Crusaders put the hurt on the Xaverian Clippers with a sharp 46-20 win. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Clippers are ranked 166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Peyton Robinson was a one-man wrecking crew for Long Island Lutheran as he threw for 332 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 60 yards on only seven carries. Jacob Butler was Robinson's top target, picking up 138 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Long Island Lutheran was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Long Island Lutheran's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kaiere Griffin and Alonzo Riddick. The dominant performance also gave Griffin a new career-high in rushing yards. Kareem Vessup was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making six total tackles.
Long Island Lutheran's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Xaverian, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Long Island Lutheran will venture away from home to face off against Port Chester at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Xaverian, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Cardinal Spellman at 1:30 p.m. on September 28th.
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