After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Jefferson-Morgan, West Greene was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 36-33 win over the Bentworth Bearcats. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Pioneers considering their seven-point performance the game before.
West Greene got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Lane Allison out in front who threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 127 yards while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Allison a new career-high in rushing yards. Jackson Grimes was another key player, picking up 179 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, West Greene was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 89.2 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three matches they've averaged 190.
West Greene didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Allison and Hayden Hamilton. Hamilton also rushed for 128 rushing yards, which is notable because West Greene is 2-1 when he posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 1-3 otherwise.
Bentworth's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ben Hays, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, and Lucas Burt, who picked up 100 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Burt also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up 0.5 sacks and making five total tackles (2.0 for loss).
West Greene is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Bentworth, their record now sits at 4-3.
West Greene has already played their next matchup, a 48-14 defeat against California on the 11th. As for Bentworth, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 44-12 loss against Jefferson-Morgan on the 11th.
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