On Friday, the Crawfordsville Athenians had to suffer through a 57-21 loss at the hands of the North Putnam Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Athenians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Cougars are ranked 89th).
Despite the loss, Crawfordsville still got an impressive performance from Mason Mccarty, who rushed for 94 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Mccarty got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 67 yards.
Christian Kramer was his usual excellent self, rushing for 120 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 246 yards and a touchdown while completing 81% of his passes for North Putnam. Kramer also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making a tackle.
This is the second loss in a row for Crawfordsville and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for North Putnam, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Crawfordsville will host Southmont at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for North Putnam, they will face off against Cloverdale at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 912 yards in their previous games.
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