Football Recap: Uriah Maynard Leads East Ridge to Victory over Celebration

By Team Reports Oct 9, 2024, 12:38pm

Football Recap: East Ridge Knights vs. Celebration Storm

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There's no place like home for East Ridge, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Celebration Storm 16-13.

Uriah Maynard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 224 yards. He was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 60 yards.

East Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 238 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Celebration only rushed for 26.

East Ridge's defense made their presence known, laying out Landen Yaw. four times. Hayden Gutlay was especially locked on to Celebration's QB and sacked him twice.

The win got East Ridge back to even at 3-3. As for Celebration, their loss was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-4.

East Ridge will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Dr. Phillips at 7:00 p.m. on October 10th. Dr. Phillips will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. As for Celebration, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 35-8 victory against Liberty on the 4th.

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