After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Taconic Hills is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Stillwater Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Taconic Hills' offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Chatham on Friday. They took a 6-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Panthers. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Stillwater made sure to put some points up on the board against Watervliet/Heatly on Friday. Stillwater breezed by Watervliet/Heatly at home to the tune of 56-12. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the are ranked 504th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Stillwater relied on the efforts of Nehemiah Costine, who rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, and Aidan Callanan, who rushed for 89 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries. Stillwater also got a significant boost from Landen Staie, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 83 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Stillwater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 364 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Taconic Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Stillwater, they pushed their record up to 1-1 with that win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Taconic Hills took a serious blow against Stillwater in their previous matchup back in September of 2017, falling 48-0. Can Taconic Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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