Hackley and Poly Prep Country Day are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Hackley Hornets will face off against the Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hackley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 33-0 victory over Riverdale Country. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 26th, while the Falcons are ranked 180th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Poly Prep Country Day came tearing into Saturday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cougars as they made off with a 30-7 win. With that victory, the Blue Devils brought their scoring average up to 26.3 points per game.
A big part of Poly Prep Country Day's win came down to the chemistry between Connor Igoe and his top target Nate Rosenblatt. Igoe rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries while Rosenblatt picked up 63 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Hackley pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 7.9 points per game. As for Poly Prep Country Day, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Hackley was dealt a bruising 41-0 defeat at the hands of Poly Prep Country Day in their previous meeting back in October of 2022. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Igoe, who threw for 357 yards and six touchdowns while completing 77.3% of his passes. Now that Hackley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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