Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tri-County). They took their matchup on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 66-22 win over the Bowman Academy Eagles. The Cavaliers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 24 points or more this season.
Jonathan Pearson was his usual excellent self, rushing for 198 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Pratt, who picked up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tri-County was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 432 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Tri-County has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Bowman Academy, they are on a 15-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Tri-County will take on North Newton at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Tri-County's favor as the team sits on three straight wins at home while North Newton has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road. As for Bowman Academy, they will square off against Knox at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Knox will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Bowman Academy surely won't give up without a fight.
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