Football Recap: Yorktown Tigers vs. Greenfield-Central Cougars
Yorktown was not the first on the board on Friday, but they got there more often. They strolled past the Greenfield-Central Cougars with points to spare, taking the game 21-7. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Tigers were the (much) better team in the second half.
Yorktown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 90 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matchups they've averaged 200.3.
Yorktown didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Wilson Webster and Kaden Crumes. The dominant performance also gave Webster a new career-high in rushing yards.
Yorktown has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Greenfield-Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 5-2.
Yorktown didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 47-20 defeat against Pendleton Heights on the 11th. Greenfield-Central has also already played their next game, a 42-7 win against Delta on the 11th.
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