The Johnstown-Monroe Johnnies are taking a road trip to square off against the Triway Titans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Johnstown-Monroe will be looking to extend their current seven-game winning streak.
Johnstown-Monroe's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 49-0 win over Newark Catholic. The Johnnies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by 21 points or more this season.
Nana Owusu was his usual excellent self, rushing for 279 yards and three touchdowns on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Landon Myers was in the mix as well, providing Johnstown-Monroe with two touchdowns.
Johnstown-Monroe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 506 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 208 rushing yards in 15 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Johnstown-Monroe's defense and their eight sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Aj Hollis and Erik Marohl, who racked up seven sacks between them. With that strong performance, Marohl is now averaging an impressive 5.4 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Triway). They took down Orrville 54-35 on Friday.
It was another big night for Luke Starr, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 335 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. Wyatt Posten was another key player, rushing for 84 yards and three touchdowns.
Triway didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Starr and Brody Snyder.
Johnstown-Monroe's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. As for Triway, their record now sits at 7-3.
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