With a playoff game on the line, Deerfield-Windsor rose to the challenge on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Westfield School Hornets 27-24. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Knights also won the last time the pair played back in August.
A big part of Deerfield-Windsor's win came down to the chemistry between Lane Sceals and his top target Gabe Daniel. Sceals threw for 243 yards and two touchdowns while Daniel picked up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown. What's more, Sceals also racked up 44 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in August.
Deerfield-Windsor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 204 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matches.
Deerfield-Windsor's record now sits at 9-3. As for Westfield School, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-3.
Deerfield-Windsor will square off against Valwood at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Deerfield-Windsor is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.8 points per game this season. Westfield School does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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