Football Recap: Gabe Harms' Menacing Defense Leads East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] over South Holt

By Team Reports Oct 27, 2024, 7:26am

Football Recap: East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] vs. South Holt Knights

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East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax]'s game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They strolled past the South Holt Knights with points to spare, taking the game 54-35. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] considering their 12-point performance the contest before.

East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] had a senior duo take command as Owen DeRosier rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown and River Dow rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Dow a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Cameron Brooks, who gained 79 total yards and three touchdowns.

East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax]'s defensive line and their three sacks. Gabe Harms was especially locked on to South Holt's QB and sacked him twice.

East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. As for South Holt, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 4-5.

As of now, neither East Atchison [Tarkio/Fairfax] nor South Holt have any future games scheduled.

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