South Range played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 56-35 to the Girard Indians. The Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 28-7.
Girard's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but AJ Pearson led the charge by throwing for 351 yards and six TDs while completing 86.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 65 yards. Those six passing touchdowns gave Pearson a new career-high. Mario Lipinski was in the mix too, providing Girard with three touchdowns.
This is the second loss in a row for South Range and nudges their season record down to 4-3. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 5-1 Poland Seminary (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 91.7% over those games). As for Girard, the win keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. South Range is set to face off against their familiar foe McKinley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Girard will square off against rival Poland Seminary at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Pearson and David Xipolitas.
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