It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact New Castle can now relate to. They took a 26-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Greenfield-Central Cougars on Friday. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Cougars recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Despite the loss, New Castle still got an impressive performance from Tylin Thrine, who rushed for 82 yards and one TD, and also picked up 54 receiving yards.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Greenfield-Central to victory, but perhaps none more so than Braylen Benavente, who rushed for 59 yards and a pair of scores.
New Castle's loss dropped their record down to 2-8. As for Greenfield-Central, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record up to 6-4.
New Castle does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Greenfield-Central, they will challenge Pendleton Heights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Arabians' defense has only allowed 12.5 points per game this season, so the Cougars' offense will have their work cut out for them.
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