Football Recap: Center Grove Falls Despite Strong Effort from Tristan Baxter

By Team Reports Dec 1, 2024, 3:46pm

Football Recap: Center Grove Trojans vs. Brownsburg Bulldogs

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It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Center Grove can now relate to. They fell to the Brownsburg Bulldogs 31-27. The Trojans' defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.

When it comes to explaining why Center Grove lost on Friday, don't look at Tristan Baxter. Despite the final result, he picked up 111 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Baxter was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 65 yards. Nolan Rees was in the mix as well, providing Center Grove with two touchdowns.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Brownsburg to victory, but perhaps none more so than Iosua Stephens, who rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns. Stephens has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Brady Lewis, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.

Center Grove's loss dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Brownsburg, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 12-1.

Center Grove does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Brownsburg has also already played their next match, a 22-17 victory against Westfield on the 29th.

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