There's no place like home for Ashland, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They snuck past the Ontario Tigers with a 51-47 win on Friday. The Grizzlies pushed the score to 45-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers cut but never quite recovered from.
Jacob Ortega had a dynamite game for Ashland, rushing for 214 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry. Ortega's longest rush was for an incredible 82 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jojo Harrower, who rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ashland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 311 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Ashland's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Ontario, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Ashland will take on Enterprise at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 914 yards in their previous games. As for Ontario, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on La Grande at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th.
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