It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but New Palestine had no problem doing just that on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the East Noble Knights 56-26. Considering the Dragons have won 12 matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Josh Ranes and Caden Jacobia. Ranes rushed for 166 yards and four touchdowns while Jacobia rushed for 163 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Jacobia a new career-high in rushing yards.
New Palestine was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 384 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 176 rushing yards in 14 consecutive contests.
East Noble lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Rylee Biddle, who threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns. 82 of those passing yards were hauled in by Landon Swogger, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
New Palestine's record now sits at 14-0-1. As for East Noble, with the defeat, they broke their 12-game winning streak and moved their record to 13-2.
As of now, neither New Palestine nor East Noble have any future games scheduled.
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