After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Lena-Winslow, Durand/Pecatonica was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They put the hurt on the Fulton Steamers with a sharp 60-36 win. The result was nothing new for the Rivermen, who have now won five games by 24 points or more so far this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Durand/Pecatonica to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cooper Hoffman, who rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 159 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 74 yards. Lukas Rossow was Hoffman's top target, rushing for 146 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Durand/Pecatonica was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 474 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Durand/Pecatonica pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Fulton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-5.
Durand/Pecatonica will square off against Forreston at 10:57 a.m. on Friday. Durand/Pecatonica is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41 points per game this season. As for Fulton, they will host Knoxville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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