On Saturday Chester will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Maroa-Forsyth Trojans at 2:30 p.m. Chester is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.6 points per game this season.
Chester is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They snuck past Westville with a 40-35 win. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Yellowjackets, who until this contest were averaging 14 points allowed.
Tray Peters was a one-man wrecking crew for Chester as he rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Peters got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 61 yards. Ethan Colvis got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Chester didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Colvis and Devante Palacio.
Meanwhile, Maroa-Forsyth was fully in charge on Saturday, breezing past St. Teresa 49-13. With the Trojans ahead 43-6 at the half, the game was all but over already.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ryne Sheppard and Caiden Kernaghan. Sheppard had a great game and threw for 242 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes. Meanwhile, Kernaghan was balling out in the loss, rushing for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Maroa-Forsyth's victory was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35 points. As for Chester, their record is now 9-1.
Chester was taken down by Maroa-Forsyth 49-12 in their previous matchup back in November of 2018. Can Chester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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