It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Roxana can now relate to. They took a 44-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tolono Unity Rockets on Saturday. That makes it the first time this season the Shells have let down their home crowd.
Roxana's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Sean Maberry, who threw for 156 yards and a touchdown, and Kael Hester, who picked up 102 receiving yards and a touchdown. Hester showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 68 yards.
Garrett Richardson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Tolono Unity, rushing for 229 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per carry. Those 229 rushing yards gave Richardson a new career-high. Tolono Unity also got help from Tre Hoggard, who showed off his sure hands for 137 receiving yards.
Roxana's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. As for Tolono Unity, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-3.
Roxana does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tolono Unity, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 35-7 win against St. Joseph-Ogden on the 9th.
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