Spackenkill hasn't had much luck against Highland recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Spartans will venture away from home to challenge the Huskies at 5:45 p.m.
For whatever reason, it's the away team that's had the advantage when Spackenkill and Onteora meet (four straight games heading into this one) and that held true again on Friday. The Spartans fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 35-33. That's two games in a row now that the Spartans have lost by exactly two points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Highland). They took down Ellenville 55-36 on Thursday. The Huskies haven't had any issues with the Blue Devils recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Highland's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Spackenkill, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Spackenkill took a serious blow against Highland when the teams last played last Thursday, falling 51-24. Can the Spartans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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