Despite a strong season so far, Normal Community has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They lost to the Carmel Corsairs on the road by a 60-44 margin on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Ironmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 123rd, while the Corsairs are ranked 11th).
Normal Community lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Lucas Beaty, who threw for 369 yards and four TDs while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt, and also punched in one rushing score. Normal Community also got a significant boost from Cole Kretsinger, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 97 yards.
A big part of Carmel's win came down to the chemistry between Trae Taylor and his top target Eli Jackson. Taylor threw for 371 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes while Jackson picked up 223 receiving yards and three scores. Those 223 receiving yards gave Jackson a new career-high.
Normal Community's loss dropped their record down to 7-3. As for Carmel, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season.
As of now, neither Normal Community nor Carmel have any future games scheduled.
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