Football Recap: Ligonier Valley Falls Despite Strong Effort from John Jablunovsky

By Team Reports Sep 28, 2024, 12:42pm

Football Recap: Ligonier Valley Rams vs. South Allegheny Gladiators

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The Ligonier Valley Rams came up short against the South Allegheny Gladiators on Friday, falling 49-28. That's two games in a row now that the Rams have lost by exactly 21 points.

Despite the loss, Ligonier Valley still got an impressive performance from John Jablunovsky, who rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Ligonier Valley is 2-1 when Jablunovsky posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.

Ligonier Valley wouldn't let South Allegheny keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Ligonier Valley can thank Lucas Krieger and Ricardo (Mark) Jablunovsky for forcing all of them.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South Allegheny to victory, but perhaps none more so than Camden Lewis, who rushed for 77 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Lewis a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Drew Cook, who picked up 145 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

This is the second loss in a row for Ligonier Valley and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for South Allegheny, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1.

Ligonier Valley will square off against Charleroi at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for South Allegheny, they will take on Shady Side Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.

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