After losing to East Union the last time they met, Walnut decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Walnut Wildcats breezed by the East Union Urchins to the tune of 50-20 on Thursday. Considering the Wildcats have won six contests by more than 21 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Walnut was led to victory by Kemarrian Gray and Adrian Palmer. Gray rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries, while Palmer rushed for 93 yards and three touchdowns on only six carries. The dominant performance gave Palmer a new career-high in rushing yards.
Walnut was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Walnut's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Isaiah Sauceda with two.
Despite the loss, East Union still got an impressive performance from Drew Hollimon, who rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns. East Union is 4-2 when Hollimon posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Walnut has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.3 points per game. As for East Union, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4.
Walnut didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 55-28 loss against Union on the 8th. East Union has also already played their next contest, a 42-21 defeat against Sebastopol on the 8th.
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