ROWVA/Williamsfield and Astoria/VIT pushed the score to 34-28 the last time they played Astoria/VIT, but on Friday defenses reigned supreme. The Cougars took a hard 20-6 fall against the Rebels. The game was a 6-6 toss-up at halftime, but the Cougars couldn't quite close it out.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Colby Martin and Riley Foglesong. Martin rushed for 159 yards and two TDs while Foglesong rushed for 109 yards and one score on only 15 carries. Those 109 rushing yards gave Foglesong a new career-high.
This is the second loss in a row for ROWVA/Williamsfield and nudges their season record down to 0-2. As for Astoria/VIT, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
ROWVA/Williamsfield didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 33-0 defeat against Stark County on the 19th. As for Astoria/VIT, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 54-6 loss against Rushville-Industry on the 19th.
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