Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Luella). They took their matchup at home on Saturday with ease, bagging a 42-7 victory over the North Clayton Eagles. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Luella to victory, but perhaps none more so than R.L. Ward Iii, who rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns. Ward Iii has become a key player for Luella: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Another back making a difference was Dayshon Furlow, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Luella was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Luella didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Javon Bowser Jr and Amir Byrd.
The victory got Luella back to even at 3-3. As for North Clayton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-4.
Luella has already played their next game, a 39-13 loss against Douglass on the 11th. As for North Clayton, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 52-35 defeat against Cedar Grove on the 11th.
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