The Vestal Golden Bears will challenge the Horseheads Blue Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Vestal took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Binghamton 49-12 at home.
Vestal's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Dan Castro, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Josh Kweller, who threw for 128 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Vestal was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 72.3 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 244.3.
Meanwhile, Horseheads hadn't done well against Corning-Painted Post recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Horseheads blew past Corning-Painted Post 35-14. Given the Blue Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Hawks are ranked 166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory got Vestal back to even at 3-3. As for Horseheads, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
Everything went Vestal's way against Horseheads when the teams last played back in November of 2023, as Vestal made off with a 40-14 victory. Will Vestal repeat their success, or does Horseheads have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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