Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask New Albany). They really took it to the Central Crossing Comets for the full four quarters, racking up a 44-7 victory at home. With the Eagles ahead 37-7 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Ashton Allen went supernova for New Albany, rushing for 147 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, while also picking up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Allen a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Will Olah, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: New Albany was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 341 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
New Albany's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB eight times. It was truly a group effort as Gabe Cofer, Hunter Howard, Mason Howard, and Bo Anders picked up two apiece. Hunter also sacked two sacks, which is notable because New Albany is 2-1 when he posts at least two sacks, but 1-4 otherwise.
New Albany is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-5 record this season. As for Central Crossing, they dropped their record down to 1-7 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
New Albany didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 34-14 loss against Pickerington North on the 18th. Central Crossing has also already played their next game, a 25-0 defeat against Westerville Central on the 18th.
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