It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Shadow Ridge can now relate to. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 35-34 to the Faith Lutheran Crusaders. The defeat continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Crusaders: they've now lost six in a row.
Despite the loss, Shadow Ridge still got an impressive performance from Trevin Young, who rushed for 214 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Young's longest rush was for an incredible 76 yards. Another back making a difference was Tyrell Craven, who rushed for 141 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Shadow Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 447 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 155 rushing yards in 13 consecutive games.
It was another big night for Alexander Rogers, who threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns for Faith Lutheran. The dominant performance gave Rogers a new career-high in rushing yards. Rouselle Shepard was Rogers' top target, picking up 144 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Shadow Ridge's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-4. As for Faith Lutheran, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 11-0.
Shadow Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Faith Lutheran, they will take on Bishop Manogue at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Faith Lutheran is looking to tack on another W to their eight-game streak on the road dating back to last season.
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