The Poly Prep Country Day Blue Devils have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Horace Mann Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, Poly Prep Country Day had just enough and edged Morristown-Beard out 29-26. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 50th in New York, while the Crimson are ranked 269th in New Jersey), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Poly Prep Country Day to victory, but perhaps none more so than Connor Igoe, who threw for 277 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. Nate Rosenblatt was Igoe's top target, picking up 125 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Horace Mann sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 19-16 win over King on Saturday.
Poly Prep Country Day pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Horace Mann, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
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