If Nazareth Area was feeling good fresh off their 47-21 takedown of Northampton last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Nazareth Area Blue Eagles took a 63-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Easton Area Rovers on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (47), the Blue Eagles still had to take the loss.
Easton Area had a senior duo take command as Dorian Thomas rushed for 321 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per carry and William Day rushed for 240 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Thomas is now averaging an impressive 120.1 rushing yards per game.
The defeat snapped Nazareth Area's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 7-3 record. As for Easton Area, the win (which was their ninth in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
Nazareth Area will head out to face off against Emmaus at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Nazareth Area will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Easton Area, they will welcome Stroudsburg at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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