Nassau County football: Week 2
Nassau's Week 2 football slate kicks off Friday with five contests, including Conference III No. 1 seed Lawrence hosting Bethpage at 7 p.m. Both teams are coming off blowout victories. The Golden Tornadoes cruised past Manhasset, 35-0, behind four Ryan Fredericks touchdowns, while the Golden Eagles routed Roslyn, 44-14.
One of the bigger games on Saturday's schedule features defending Long Island Class III champion Lynbrook hitting the road to meet Plainedge at 1:30 p.m. The Owls, 38-20 winners over Glen Cove in Week 1, will try to contain Red Devils running back Ralph Caccavale, who had 150 yards and three scores in a 42-14 win over Sewanhaka. Also in Conference III, Hewlett (1-0) travels to South Side (0-1), and Valley Stream South (1-0) goes to Sewanhaka.
Two interesting games highlight the Conference IV action. East Rockaway (1-0) is home against Roosevelt (1-0), while newcomer West Hempstead (1-0) looks to give defending champion Seaford (1-0) a run for its money in a 5 p.m. start. Clarke visits Valley Stream North.
The key showdowns in Conference II has top-seeded Carey hosting Mepham, and defending champion Garden City hosting Wantagh. All four teams captured their openers, including all but Carey in shutout fashion.
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