Football Recap: Shelby Golden Lions vs. Highland Tech Rams
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shelby). They really took it to the Highland Tech Rams for the full four quarters, racking up a 77-0 win at home. The Golden Lions might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 70 points or more this season.
Shelby was led to victory by Lan Farmer and Tristan Tate. Farmer threw for 152 yards and six touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, while Tate rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns. Tate was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 58 yards. Jaylen Tate handled things on the ground, rushing for 80 yards and a rushing touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Shelby was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 85.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 196.3.
The victory (which was Shelby's fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2. As for Highland Tech, they dropped their record down to 3-3 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Shelby will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Bessemer City at 7:30 p.m. on October 18th. As for Highland Tech, they will head out to face off against Cherryville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Highland Tech is facing Cherryville at the right time seeing as Cherryville is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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