Football Recap: Adam Pegg Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Uniontown

By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 7:20am

Football Recap: Albert Gallatin Colonials vs. Uniontown Red Raiders

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The third road matchup was the charm for Albert Gallatin, as they earned their first road win of the season. They enjoyed a cozy 36-21 win over the Uniontown Red Raiders on Friday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Colonials also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Albert Gallatin to victory, but perhaps none more so than Adam Pegg, who rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. The dominant performance gave Pegg a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Caleb DeHaven, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.

He was just one part of a punishing run game: Albert Gallatin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 392 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches dating back to last season.

Albert Gallatin now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Uniontown, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-3.

Albert Gallatin will take on Allegany at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Albert Gallatin is facing Allegany at the right time seeing as Allegany is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Uniontown, they will challenge Brownsville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Uniontown will also cruise into their next contest with the timing on their side: Brownsville will have lost three straight heading into Friday's game.

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