With a playoff game on the line, Peoria rose to the challenge on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 52-36 victory over the Hillcrest Hawks. For the Lions, this counts as revenge for the 31-12 win the Hawks walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2017.
Despite the loss, Hillcrest still got an impressive performance from Erimus Wright, who rushed for 206 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. Those 206 rushing yards gave Wright a new career-high. Cameron Williams also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 95 receiving yards.
Peoria pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Hillcrest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-5.
As of now, neither Peoria nor Hillcrest have any future games scheduled.
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