On Friday, the Shenandoah Raiders were fully in charge, breezing past the South Decatur Cougars 53-22 at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Shenandoah got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Hayden Hubbard out in front who picked up 67 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Another rusher making a difference was Dylan Parsley, who rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Shenandoah's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jacob Brown and Cash Cowley who racked up four sacks between them. Cowley also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making six total tackles (2.5 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Shenandoah was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 417 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Decatur only gained 257.
Despite the loss, South Decatur still got an impressive performance from Corbin Johnson, who rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. With that strong performance, Johnson is now averaging an impressive 141.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Jackson-Ray, who rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Shenandoah's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-0. As for South Decatur, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2.
Shenandoah will welcome Lapel at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for South Decatur, they will head out on the road to square off against Edinburgh at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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