Football Preview: Crestview Cougars vs. Kirtland Hornets
The Crestview Cougars will square off against the Kirtland Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
After dropping their season opener at home, Kirtland is headed out to face a Cougars squad ready to give their home crowd a win. Crestview received a blow on Friday as they fell 35-20 to Seneca East.
Crestview might have lost, but man, Ayden Reymer was a machine: he rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Reymer was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 58 yards.
Meanwhile, Kirtland had already won 13 in a row dating back to last season (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 37.8 points), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Friday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 55-34 victory. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jake LaVerde was a one-man wrecking crew for Kirtland as he rushed for 341 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 21.3 yards per carry.
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