Football Recap: Hagerstown Falls Short of Madison-Grant in the Playoffs

By Team Reports Nov 2, 2024, 4:32pm

Football Recap: Hagerstown Tigers vs. Madison-Grant Argylls

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Hagerstown can now relate to. They had to suffer through a 45-14 loss at the hands of the Madison-Grant Argylls. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Argylls are ranked 101st).

Despite the loss, Hagerstown had strong showings from Zach Golliher, who gained 120 total yards and a touchdown, and Jaxon Hale, who threw for 139 yards and a touchdown.

Hagerstown wouldn't let Madison-Grant keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Hagerstown can thank Kaagen Kendall and Cale Schmitz for forcing both of them. Schmitz has been hot , having also posted eight or more total tackles the last seven times he's played.

Hagerstown has been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season. As for Madison-Grant, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.

Hagerstown does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Madison-Grant, they will square off against South Adams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Madison-Grant's defense has only allowed 9.9 points per game this season, so South Adams' offense will have their work cut out for them.

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