Football Recap: Union County Fightin' Tigers vs. Trinity Catholic Celtics
Union County put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their game with ease, bagging a 54-16 victory over the Trinity Catholic Celtics. The Fightin' Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by 22 points or more this season.
Leading Union County to victory were Trenton Klein and Drew Simmons. Klein threw for 210 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, while Simmons gained 137 total yards and two touchdowns. Simmons' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 105 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Gavin Jenkins, who picked up 105 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Union County's defense and their seven sacks. Jaden Mccray was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 6.5 total tackles per game.
Union County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 283 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups.
Union County pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Trinity Catholic, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-7.
Union County didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 38-7 victory against Hudson on the 25th. Trinity Catholic has also already played their next game, a 37-0 win against P.K. Yonge on the 25th.
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