Malvern waltzed into their game on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They claimed a resounding 34-0 victory over the East Canton Hornets. Malvern might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Jared Witherow went supernova for Malvern, throwing for 217 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.7% of his passes, and also rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown. A healthy portion of Witherow's aerial production (85 yards to be exact) went to Roy Simmons, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Malvern's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. The heavy lifting was done by Owen Ball and Drake Hutchison, who racked up four sacks between them. Ball has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Malvern pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for East Canton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.
Malvern will host Lucas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Malvern knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Lucas likes a good challenge. East Canton does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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