After flying high against Gunter two weeks ago, Anna came back down to earth. The Anna Coyotes took a 66-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Lovejoy Leopards. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (55), the Coyotes still had to take the loss.
Anna's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Ziondre Williams, who rushed for 98 yards and three touchdowns, and Edward Chumley, who gained 206 total yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Chumley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Anna was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 181 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Anna wouldn't let Lovejoy keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Chumley was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Jacob Janecek continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Lovejoy, throwing for 311 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 133 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Zane Kuzenski was Janecek's top target, picking up 174 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Anna now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Lovejoy, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Melissa the next time they take the field. Anna will head out to face Melissa at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, while Lovejoy will host them at 7:30 p.m. on October 4th.
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