Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Gold-Burg). Everything went their way against the Grace Classical Christian Academy Gryphons on Friday as the Gold-Burg Bears made off with a 52-27 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Leading Gold-Burg to victory were Paul Jones and Jayton Epperson. Jones gained 161 total yards and three touchdowns, while Epperson rushed for 156 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Epperson is now averaging an impressive 105.8 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gold-Burg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Grace Classical Christian Academy only rushed for 80.
Gold-Burg's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Grace Classical Christian Academy, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Gold-Burg will square off against Northside at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Northside knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Gold-Burg likes a good challenge. As for Grace Classical Christian Academy, they will head out to take on Bluff Dale at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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