Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Nelsonville-York). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the River Valley Raiders 48-7 on the road. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-7.
Austin Gautier was a one-man wrecking crew for Nelsonville-York as he rushed for 73 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Nelsonville-York was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Nelsonville-York's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Caden Young and Jaron Layton who racked up four sacks between them.
The victory made it two in a row for Nelsonville-York and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for River Valley, they dropped their record down to 0-5 with that defeat, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Nelsonville-York will venture away from home to take on Waterford at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Nelsonville-York's defense has only allowed ten points per game this season, so Waterford's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for River Valley, they will head out to challenge Meigs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. River Valley is facing Meigs at the right time seeing as Meigs is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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