After flying high against Lakewood last Friday, Newark Catholic came back down to earth. The Newark Catholic Green Wave were dealt a 49-0 loss at the hands of the Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 569th, while the Johnnies are ranked 179th).
It was another big night for Nana Owusu, who rushed for 279 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries for Johnstown-Monroe. Those 279 rushing yards gave Owusu a new career-high. Landon Myers was another key back, rushing for 76 yards and two touchdowns.
Newark Catholic's defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Johnstown-Monroe, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-1.
Newark Catholic does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Johnstown-Monroe, they will square off against Triway at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Triway is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28 points per game this season.
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