After a string of four wins, Blanche Ely's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell 52-42 to the Monarch Knights. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Blanche Ely's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Shawn Paschall, who gained 150 total yards and three touchdowns, and Omari Mcneal, who threw for 265 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Mcneal is becoming a predictor of Blanche Ely's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Samari Reed was his usual excellent self, rushing for 154 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and also picking up 70 receiving yards for Monarch. The dominant performance gave Reed a new career-high in rushing yards. Florentino Lopez was another key player, rushing for 118 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Blanche Ely's defeat dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Monarch, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
As of now, neither Blanche Ely nor Monarch have any future games scheduled.
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