The Dover Dragons are taking a road trip to take on the Saugerties Sawyers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Dover made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Chester-Seward, but they still couldn't quite topple them. The Dragons fell just short of the Hambletonians by a score of 28-25 on Friday. The Dragons haven't had much luck with the Hambletonians recently, as the team has come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the loss, Dover got top-tier performance from Conor Drnek, who threw for 295 yards and four TDs on only 19 passes, and also rushed for 75 yards on only ten carries. Another player making a difference was Matt Ogana, who picked up 72 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
Meanwhile, Saugerties strolled into their game on Saturday with a perfect record and they left with the same. They claimed a resounding 28-0 victory over Red Hook. While the Sawyers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-6), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Saugerties' win bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Dover, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Dover suffered a grim 26-0 defeat to Saugerties when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can the Dragons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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