Football Recap: Chase Forte Leads Little Rock Southwest to Victory over Central

By Team Reports Nov 10, 2024, 1:38pm

Football Recap: Little Rock Southwest Gryphons vs. Central Tigers

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Little Rock Southwest won the last time they faced Central and Chase Forte did his part to make sure it happened again. The Little Rock Southwest Gryphons put the hurt on the Central Tigers with a sharp 33-9 victory on Friday thanks in part to Forte, who rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 100 yards and a touchdown while completing 90.9% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.

Forte was just one part of a punishing run game: Little Rock Southwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That's a new trend for Little Rock Southwest: they were averaging 53.6 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five matches they've averaged 151.

Little Rock Southwest moved to 2-8 with that win, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Central, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last seven matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-8 record this season.

As of now, neither Little Rock Southwest nor Central have any future games scheduled.

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