Football Preview: West Greene Pioneers vs. Jefferson-Morgan Rockets
West Greene is 8-2 against Jefferson-Morgan since August of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The West Greene Pioneers will face off against the Jefferson-Morgan Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
West Greene is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Mapletown for the full four quarters, racking up a 37-8 win on the road. The Pioneers pushed the score to 30-8 by the end of the third, a deficit the Maples had little chance of recovering from.
Lane Allison went supernova for West Greene, throwing for 242 yards and a touchdown while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt, and also punching in two touchdowns on the ground. 114 of those passing yards were hauled in by Parker Burns, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Meanwhile, Jefferson-Morgan put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took down Carmichaels 21-6. The 21-point effort marked the Rockets' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Jefferson-Morgan got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Houston Guesman out in front who rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Guesman has posted since back in August of 2023. John Woodward was another key player, rushing for 96 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Jefferson-Morgan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 270 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
The win made it two in a row for West Greene and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Jefferson-Morgan, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
West Greene strolled past Jefferson-Morgan when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a score of 31-16. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Greene since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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