Football Recap: Elmwood-Murdock Knights vs. Johnson-Brock Eagles
Elmwood-Murdock was the 74-42 winner over Johnson-Brock when they last played one another back in August of 2019, but their luck changed this time around. The Elmwood-Murdock Knights had to suffer through a 56-20 loss at the hands of the Johnson-Brock Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 68th, while the Eagles are ranked 19th).
Clayton Fletcher threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns, and also punched in a rushing score.
Abrahm Jones was his top target, picking up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns. On the ground,
Brody Marsh rushed for 54 yards.
It was another big night for Hayden Gravatt, who rushed for 189 yards and six touchdowns on only 14 carries for Johnson-Brock. With that strong performance, Gravatt is now averaging an impressive 2.6 rushing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Wyatt Fulton, who rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns.
Elmwood-Murdock now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Johnson-Brock, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Elmwood-Murdock will take on Sacred Heart at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sacred Heart will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last. As for Johnson-Brock, they will challenge Freeman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Johnson-Brock is facing Freeman at the right time seeing as Freeman is stuck on a five-game losing streak.
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