Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Athens). They never let the River Valley Raiders onto the board and left with a 58-0 win on Friday. The victory was just business as usual for the Bulldogs, who after nine games remain undefeated this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Athens to victory, but perhaps none more so than Alex Pero, who rushed for 117 yards and a touchdown on only five carries. Pero's longest rush was for an impressive 60 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Sutton, who rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns.
Athens' defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB 7.5 times. Jay Irwin was especially locked on to River Valley's QB and sacked him twice. Irwin also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six. Another thorn in River Valley's side was Seth Hart, who picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Athens was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 388 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 201 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
Athens' win was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0. As for River Valley, they are on a 21-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-10.
Athens will head out to take on Nelsonville-York at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Nelsonville-York's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four matchups. As for River Valley, they will challenge Trimble at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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