Gallia Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell to the Point Pleasant Big Blacks 33-28. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 504th in Ohio, while the Big Blacks are ranked 30th in West Virginia).
Despite the loss, Gallia Academy still got an impressive performance from Braylan Rathburn, who threw for 408 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Brock Shelton helped Rathburn out on the ground, picking up 153 receiving yards.
Gallia Academy's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Point Pleasant, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Gallia Academy will square off against Portsmouth at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Point Pleasant, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Ripley at 7:00 p.m. on September 20th.
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