The Cory-Rawson Fighting Hornets are taking a road trip to challenge the Gibsonburg Golden Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Cory-Rawson has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with eight straight defeats, while Gibsonburg will come in with five straight victories.
Last Friday, Cory-Rawson didn't have quite enough to beat Ridgemont and fell 6-3.
Meanwhile, it may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Gibsonburg ultimately got the result they hoped for on Friday. They came out on top against Margaretta by a score of 14-7. Given the Golden Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Polar Bears are ranked 408th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Grant Dawson and he. Dawson rushed for 22 yards and a touchdown while he rushed for 22 yards and a touchdown. Grant Smith's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Gibsonburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 216 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Cory-Rawson's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Gibsonburg, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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