The Islip Buccaneers are taking a road trip to face off against the Westhampton Beach Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Islip is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Sayville on Friday. They took a blow against the Golden Flashes, falling 40-6. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Golden Flashes are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, Westhampton Beach's game on Friday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They enjoyed a cozy 21-7 win over Comsewogue.
Islip's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Westhampton Beach, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Islip suffered a grim 34-13 defeat to Westhampton Beach in their previous matchup back in September of 2022. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Islip was down 34-0.
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