On FridayOlympia kept up with Maroa-Forsyth until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. The Maroa-Forsyth Trojans blew past the Olympia Spartans 61-33 at home. Fans of the Trojans have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Ryne Sheppard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 294 yards and seven touchdowns while completing 85% of his passes, and also rushing for 78 yards on only eight carries. Grant Smith also helped out as he racked up 134 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Maroa-Forsyth was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Despite the loss, Olympia saw an underclassman step up: Jimmy Lollar rushed for 249 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. Those 249 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Lollar. Ian Tackett was another key player, rushing for 52 yards and a touchdown.
Maroa-Forsyth pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Olympia, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-3.
Maroa-Forsyth will head out to challenge Williamsville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maroa-Forsyth knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past seven contests -- so hopefully Williamsville likes a good challenge. As for Olympia, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Pleasant Plains at 7:00 p.m. Olympia is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28 points per game this season.
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