On Saturday, Morrisville-Eaton faced Bishop Grimes in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Morrisville-Eaton Warriors claimed a resounding 44-12 win over the Bishop Grimes Cobras. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 32-6.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Morrisville-Eaton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Carter Highers, who rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. Highers didn't just play on offense: he also made three total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass. Morrisville-Eaton also got a significant boost from Mason Marland, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 110 yards.
Morrisville-Eaton was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 207 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Morrisville-Eaton's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Jeremy Highers was the leader with two. Taiden Eaton was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, making nine total tackles, and defending a pass.
Morrisville-Eaton pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Bishop Grimes, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
As of now, neither Morrisville-Eaton nor Bishop Grimes have any future games scheduled.
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