The Walnut Wildcats are on the road again on Friday to play the Union Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. Walnut is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.3 points per game this season.
Last Thursday, Walnut was fully in charge, breezing past East Union 50-20. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 44-12.
Walnut had a senior duo take command as Kemarrian Gray rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries and Adrian Palmer rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. Those 93 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Palmer.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Walnut was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
Walnut's defense made their presence known, laying out Drew Hollimon. three times. Isaiah Sauceda was especially locked on to East Union's QB and sacked him twice.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, Union was a bit more limited in their match last Thursday. They fell 16-6 to Philadelphia. The Yellowjackets have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Walnut's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-3. As for Union, their loss dropped their record down to 3-7.
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