St. Francis is ranked highly in their home state and on Saturday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of Ironton. The St. Francis Red Raiders were outmatched by the Ironton Fighting Tigers on the road and fell 56-19. The Red Raiders were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 49-0.
Despite the loss, St. Francis still got an impressive performance from Damone Allen, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 80 yards.
St. Francis wouldn't let Ironton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. St. Francis can thank William Hanson and Maxwell Haggerty for forcing all of them.
Ironton's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Kayden Edwards, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Edwards a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Brayden Schreck, who threw for 218 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
St. Francis' defeat dropped their record down to 1-1. As for Ironton, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 4-0.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. St. Francis will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on Catholic Memorial at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully St. Francis focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Saturday. As for Ironton, they will take on Bishop Hartley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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