Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask George Washington). They took their match at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 28-0 win over the Aurora Central Trojans. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Patriots also won the last time the pair played back in September of 2023.
Hayes Dwyer continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 89 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, while also throwing for 147 yards on 11 of 19 attempts. George Washington also got a significant boost from Andre Johnson, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: George Washington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
George Washington's defense made their presence known, laying out Markell Perkins. four times. Javoni Clark was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up three sackshimself.
George Washington's victory ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-5. As for Aurora Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 2-5.
George Washington and Montbello are set to duel on Friday. George Washington will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Aurora Central, they will square off against Thomas Jefferson at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Aurora Central is facing Thomas Jefferson at the right time seeing as Thomas Jefferson is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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