After three games on the road, Peru is heading back home. They will host the Maconaquah Braves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Peru is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Wabash 48-14 on the road on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 20-0.
Isaiah Korba continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 240 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, taking off on a dash for 51 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryne Babbs, who rushed for 152 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Meanwhile, Maconaquah put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 62-0 victory over Whitko. Fans of the Braves have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Maconaquah found their leader in underclassman Aiden Robinson, who threw for 337 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Robinson is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Fuddy Kile was Robinson's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The win got Peru back to even at 2-2. As for Maconaquah, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Peru won a game that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in September of 2023, slipping by Maconaquah 27-26. Does Peru have another victory up their sleeve, or will Maconaquah turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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