Football Recap: Dayton Dust Devils vs. White Pine Bobcats
Dayton had won two straight games and Duke Evans did his part to make it three on Saturday. The Dayton Dust Devils claimed a resounding 61-6 win over the White Pine Bobcats thanks in part to Evans, who rushed for 200 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Another player making a difference was Archie Ervin, who rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. He has become a key player for Dayton: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise.
Dayton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 324 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 269 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Dayton's defense and their five sacks. White Pine's QB won't forget Makai Talabi anytime soon given he sacked him twice.
When it comes to explaining why White Pine lost, don't look at Maddox Sedlacek. Despite the final result, he rushed for 97 yards on only 11 carries, and also picked up 37 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Sedlacek a new career-high in rushing yards.
Dayton now has a winning record of 5-4. As for White Pine, their loss was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-9.
As of now, neither Dayton nor White Pine have any future games scheduled.
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