It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Crest can now relate to. They lost to the Hickory Red Tornadoes on the road by a 63-48 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Chargers still had to take the loss.
When it comes to explaining why Crest lost, don't look at Aiden Carson. Despite the final result, he rushed for 125 yards and two touchdowns. Carson has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played.
Even though they lost, Crest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 228 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Hickory only rushed for 134.
It was another big night for Brady Stober, who threw for 478 yards and six touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 32 yards for Hickory. 235 of Stober's passing yards were hauled in by Jamien Little, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Crest's loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-3. As for Hickory, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 13-0.
Crest does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Hickory, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 49-46 win against North Lincoln on the 6th.
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