It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Morgan Park can now relate to. They took a 21-7 bruising from the Morris Redskins on Saturday. The Mustangs were red-hot offensively headed into the match (they scored no less than 31 points in the seven games prior) but the Redskins' defense proved too tough.
Marcus Thaxton threw for 69 yards on eight of 14 attempts.
Nasir Rankin was his top target, picking up 61 receiving yards. On the ground,
Terrance Gurley rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown.
Morgan Park's defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 10-2. As for Morris, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-4.
As of now, neither Morgan Park nor Morris have any future games scheduled.
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