Football Preview: Aurora Greenmen vs. Ursuline Fighting Irish
The Aurora Greenmen will head out on the road to face off against the Ursuline Fighting Irish at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Aurora is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 42-14 victory over Geneva. Given the Greenmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Eagles are ranked 163rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ursuline waltzed into their contest on Friday with ten straight wins... but they left with 11. They breezed by the Vikings to the tune of 44-8. 44 seems to be a good number for the Fighting Irish as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Dc Ferrell continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 283 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes, while also rushing for 120 yards on only 12 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. A healthy portion of Ferrell's aerial production (97 yards to be exact) went to Ray Javey.
Ursuline was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 208 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Ursuline pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.8 points per game. As for Aurora, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 11-1.
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