Football Recap: Grady Grisham Leads a Balanced Attack to Beat Pittsfield

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Previous 5 Games

10/10/25 - Away	27-14 W
10/11/24 - Home	14-41 L
09/29/23 - Away	28-26 W
09/30/22 - Home	43-12 W
08/27/21 - Home	30-14 W

The third road matchup was the charm for Pleasant Plains, as they earned their first away victory of the season. They walked away with a 27-14 win over the Pittsfield Saukees on Friday. This was payback for the Cardinals, who suffered a 41-14 defeat the last time these two teams met.

Pleasant Plains' victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Grady Grisham, who rushed for 60 yards on only six carries, and also picked up 51 receiving yards.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Pleasant Plains proved: they limited Pittsfield to a paltry 3.4 yards per carry. The team can thank Hunter Sabo for the heroic effort on defense: he. Pleasant Plains' ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.8.

Although Pittsfield took the loss, they still got scores from Jake Oitker and Taylor Graham.

Pleasant Plains has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 28.8 points over those games. As for Pittsfield, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Pleasant Plains is set to take on their familiar foe Olympia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 952 yards in their previous games. Meanwhile, Pittsfield will square off against rival Auburn at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.