Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Louise). They took down the Pettus Eagles 41-24 on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Hornets considering their seven-point performance the matchup before.
Conner Gonzalez was a one-man wrecking crew for Louise as he rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 65 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Gonzalez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Louise was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Louise wouldn't let Pettus keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Louise can thank Gonzalez and Lake Wadsworth for forcing both of them. Wadsworth also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 152.
Louise's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Pettus, their loss was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-7.
Louise will take on Yorktown at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Yorktown will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Louise surely won't give up without a fight. As for Pettus, they will square off against Shiner at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pettus will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
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