It was a Battle of the Birds when Grape Creek took on Wall on Friday. The Grape Creek Eagles were outmatched by the Wall Hawks at home and fell 58-6. The Eagles have struggled against the Hawks recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
A big part of Wall's victory came down to the chemistry between Landon H York and his top target Thomas Leanos. York threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes while Leanos rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Leanos' longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Grape Creek's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-6. As for Wall, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Grape Creek will venture away from home to face off against Merkel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Merkel is coming into the match with four straight defeats at home, meaning Grape Creek will have to defend against a team hungry for a victory. As for Wall, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Stanton at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th.
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