Football Recap: Zymere Smith Leads Clyde-Savannah to Victory over Finney/Northstar Christian Academy

By Team Reports Oct 21, 2024, 8:28am

Football Recap: Clyde-Savannah Golden Eagles vs. Finney/Northstar Christian Academy Falcons

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Clyde-Savannah). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Finney/Northstar Christian Academy Falcons 58-20 at home. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

ZyMere Smith went supernova for Clyde-Savannah, rushing for 269 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 71 receiving yards and a touchdown. Smith is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 203 every time he's taken the field this season. Garrett Carr also helped out as he racked up 103 rushing yards.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clyde-Savannah was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 460 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.

Clyde-Savannah didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Carr and Smith. The dominant performance also gave Carr a new career-high in rushing yards.

The victory got Clyde-Savannah back to even at 3-3. As for Finney/Northstar Christian Academy, their loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-6.

Clyde-Savannah will face off against Mynderse Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Finney/Northstar Christian Academy, they will take on South Seneca at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Finney/Northstar Christian Academy is facing South Seneca at the right time seeing as South Seneca is stuck on a four-game losing streak.

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