East Central HomeSchool is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Tennessee Heat. The East Central HomeSchool Patriots skirted past the Tennessee Heat Tennessee Heat 47-44.
A big part of East Central HomeSchool's victory came down to the chemistry between Nikita Getmanshchuk and his top target Jaimon ONeal. Getmanshchuk threw for 496 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 19.1 yards per attempt while ONeal picked up 335 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, ONeal is now averaging an impressive 100.2 receiving yards per game. A healthy portion of Getmanshchuk's aerial production (98 yards to be exact) also went to Micah Smith, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
One reason for the win was East Central HomeSchool's imposing defensive line, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Leading the way was Nick Nelson with two.
Tennessee Heat's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Graham Russell, who picked up 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Levi Ashburn was another key passer, throwing for 286 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per attempt.
East Central HomeSchool's win bumped their record up to 9-3. As for Tennessee Heat, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-7.
As of now, neither East Central HomeSchool nor Tennessee Heat have any future games scheduled.
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