Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Western). They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 55-6 win over the Northeastern Bobcats. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania football rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Bobcats are ranked 509th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bryce Graham was a one-man wrecking crew for South Western as he threw for 203 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Graham is becoming a predictor of South Western's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 4-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Kyle Stup helped Graham out on the ground, picking up 36 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Western was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
South Western didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Veasna Chhokoun, Eliot Piatt, and Alek Newman picked up one apiece.
The victory was the third in a row for South Western, bringing their record for this year to 5-3. As for Northeastern, their loss was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-8.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. South Western will square off against William Penn at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Western will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last. As for Northeastern, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Bobcats dukes it out withRed Lion at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Northeastern is facing Red Lion at the right time seeing as Red Lion is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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