Woodland scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 41-40 to the Locust Grove Wildcats. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Wolfpack still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Woodland still got an impressive performance from Mark Howard, who rushed for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Howard really tore up the turf during one magnificent 85-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Brayden Rogers, who rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Woodland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 421 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Armond Parker was his usual excellent self, throwing for 312 yards and five touchdowns, while also rushing for 35 yards for Locust Grove. Jonathan Patterson was Parker's top target, picking up 117 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Woodland's defeat was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Locust Grove, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5.
Woodland has the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Ola at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Woodland will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last. As for Locust Grove, they will head out to challenge McDonough at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Locust Grove is facing McDonough at the right time seeing as McDonough is stuck on a six-game losing streak.
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