The Nelsonville-York Buckeyes will face off against the Waterford Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Nelsonville-York's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so Waterford's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Nelsonville-York is headed into the match after thoroughly thrashing River Valley: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Nelsonville-York blew River Valley out of the water with a 48-7 final score. The contest marked the Buckeyes' most dominant win of the season so far.
Austin Gautier went supernova for Nelsonville-York, rushing for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Nelsonville-York was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Nelsonville-York wouldn't let River Valley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Caden Young, Alec Thompson, and Max Mcdonald picked up one apiece. Nelsonville-York got some further help from Jaron Layton: he picked up two sacks, made nine total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, Waterford has relied on a stalwart defense averaging 17 points allowed per game, but that average took a hit on Friday. They were beaten by Fort Frye 35-6. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Wildcats couldn't push the score so high this time.
The victory made it two in a row for Nelsonville-York and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Waterford, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-2.
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