Football Recap: Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane vs. Worth County Rams
With a playoff game on the line, Fitzgerald rose to the challenge on Friday. They snuck past the Worth County Rams with a 42-38 victory. That's two games straight that the Purple Hurricane have won by exactly four points.
When it comes to explaining why Worth County lost, don't look at Kaden Chester. Despite the final result, he picked up 160 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Lyndon Worthy, who threw for 419 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per attempt.
Fitzgerald has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.4 points per game. As for Worth County, the defeat snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 9-4 record.
Fitzgerald will face off against Northeast at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Fitzgerald comes in on four and Northeast on five. Worth County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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