The South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville Ponies will head out on the road to square off against the Hutsonville/Palestine Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Illinois' top teams: Pawnee/Lincolnwood, who was ranked third at the time (South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville was ranked first). The Ponies were the clear victors by a 42-19 margin over Pawnee/Lincolnwood on Saturday. Considering the Ponies have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Brody Lush
| 09/06/25 vs Oblong | 150 |
| 09/26/25 @ St. Anne | 127 |
| 10/11/25 vs Pawnee/Lincolnwood | 103 |
| 09/20/25 vs St. Thomas More | 96 |
| 10/03/25 @ Metro-East Lutheran | 71 |
George Bailey had another great game (as he tends to do), rushing for 302 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per carry. He was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 58 yards. South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville also got help from Brody Lush, who showed off his sure hands for 103 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 392 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards every time they've taken the field this season.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville's defense and their six sacks. Jhude Walker was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Hutsonville/Palestine duked it out with Oblong on Friday. The Tigers had to suffer through a 54-16 loss at the hands of the Panthers. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team has come up short the last five times they've met.
Hutsonville/Palestine's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
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