After flying high against Deer Park last Saturday, Northport came back down to earth. The Northport Tigers lost to the East Islip Redmen on the road by a 41-27 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New York football rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Redmen are ranked 26th).
Loss or not, Northport got some senior leadership from Enrique Hernandez and Christian Campoli. Hernandez threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt, while Campoli picked up 76 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 258 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Hernandez. A healthy portion of Hernandez's aerial production (112 yards to be exact) also went to Greyson Cabrera.
Northport's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for East Islip, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Northport will be playing at home against Smithtown East at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. As for East Islip, they will challenge Bellport at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in East Islip's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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