It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Mt. Carmel can now relate to. They were outmatched by the Tolono Unity Rockets and fell 42-14. The Golden Aces were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 42-0.
Mt. Carmel's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Elliott Acree, who rushed for 87 yards and one TD, and Jackson Kling, who rushed for 55 yards and one touchdown.
A big part of Tolono Unity's victory came down to the chemistry between Dane Eisenmenger and his top target Tre Hoggard. Eisenmenger threw for 136 yards and a pair of TDs while completing 85.7% of his passes while Hoggard gained 92 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Eisenmenger a new career-high in passer rating (165.2).
Mt. Carmel's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Tolono Unity, the win (which was their seventh in a row) raised their record to 9-1.
Mt. Carmel does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tolono Unity, they will challenge Monticello at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. That game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Eisenmenger and Nolan Buehnerkemper.
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