Rich Township won the last time they faced Thornwood, and things went their way on Friday too. The Rich Township Raptors came out on top against the Thornwood Thunderbirds by a score of 42-35.
Jason Carey went supernova for Rich Township, rushing for 204 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave Carey a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ortez Johnson, who rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rich Township was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 407 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thornwood only rushed for 311.
Despite the loss, Thornwood still got an impressive performance from Jaelen Guillermo, who rushed for 243 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 68 receiving yards and a touchdown. Guillermo showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 50 yards. Noah Bradley was another key player, throwing for 155 yards and two touchdowns.
Rich Township's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Thornwood, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-3.
Rich Township will play host again on Friday to welcome Thornton, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Rich Township is facing Thornton at the right time seeing as Thornton is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Thornwood, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Crete-Monee at 6:00 p.m.
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