The Geneva Panthers will head out to take on Penn Yan Academy/Dundee at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Geneva will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Geneva's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Newark/Marion 50-0. The Panthers pushed the score to 42-0 by the end of the third, a deficit Newark/Marion had no chance of recovering from.
Geneva's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was TRAVIS TOLBERT JR., who rushed for 116 yards and one touchdown on only seven carries. TOLBERT JR.'s longest rush was for an impressive 52 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Ben Santos, who rushed for 18 yards and one score.
Geneva didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Newark/Marion to a completion percentage of just 44.4%. That dominant aerial defense primarily came from four players: Dominic Carter, Ben Budgar, Prodigy Irvin, and Khy Shorter, who each logged one passes deflected. That's the best completion percentage they've posted all season.
Geneva didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jahzire White and Andrew Green.
Meanwhile, Penn Yan Academy/Dundee lost to Palmyra-Macedon at home by a 28-14 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, Penn Yan Academy/Dundee can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 222nd, while Palmyra-Macedon is ranked 102nd).
Geneva's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 39.0 points over those games. As for Penn Yan Academy/Dundee, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 5-1.
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