On Friday, Drexel/Miami faced Appleton City in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Drexel/Miami were beaten by the Appleton City Bulldogs 102-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (42), Drexel/Miami still had to take the loss.
Drexel/Miami's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Mason Jackson, who threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 38 yards. Jackson has become a key player for Drexel/Miami: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 3-4 otherwise. Another player making a difference was Kolbi Nichols, who picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Drexel/Miami was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 304 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 170 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Drexel/Miami's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Appleton City, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
As of now, neither Drexel/Miami nor Appleton City have any future games scheduled.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
