Football Recap: Newark Memorial Cougars vs. Washington Huskies
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newark Memorial). They enjoyed a cozy 42-26 victory over the Washington Huskies on Saturday. This was payback for the Cougars, who suffered a 29-14 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Newark Memorial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 360 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Despite the loss, Washington still got an impressive performance from Esean Johnson, who rushed for 183 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 135 yards while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Joseph Guerra, who gained 101 total yards and a touchdown.
Newark Memorial has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 29.0 points per game. As for Washington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-6.
Newark Memorial has already played their next matchup, a 31-7 loss against Piedmont on the 8th. As for Washington, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 47-15 defeat against Hayward on the 7th.
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