Football Recap: Gruver's Luck Takes a Turn for the Worse on Thursday

Greyhounds

Previous 5 Games

12/12/24 vs Muenster	26-49
12/06/24 vs Ropes	42-28
11/29/24 vs Tahoka	49-7
11/22/24 vs Iraan	49-19
11/15/24 vs Morton	49-6

Gruver and Muenster squared off in some playoff action on Thursday, but Gruver had to settle for second. They lost 49-26 to the Muenster Hornets. The Greyhounds' loss signaled the end of their 14-game winning streak.

Despite the loss, Gruver still got an impressive performance from Briggs Satterfield, who threw for 162 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 99 yards and one touchdown. Another player making a difference was Brock Butler, who picked up 71 receiving yards and one touchdown.

Satterfield was just one part of a punishing run game: Gruver was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 165 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matchups.

Casen Carney was his usual excellent self, rushing for 158 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry, and also throwing for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 passes for Muenster. That's the most rushing yards Carney has posted since back in September.

Having lost for the first time this season, Gruver fell to 14-1. As for Muenster, the victory was the 11th in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-2.

Gruver does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Muenster will take on Shiner in a holiday battle at at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. One thing working in Muenster's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last 11 contests.