Two dominant backs in Ayden Mckinstry and Favour Akih are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Grove City Greyhounds will welcome the Hayes Pacers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Grove City took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Central Crossing 38-0. The contest marked the Greyhounds' most dominant victory of the season.
Mckinstry and Carson Welsh were among the main playmakers for Grove City as the former rushed for 118 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries and the latter threw for 254 yards and two touchdowns on only 18 passes. The dominant performance also gave Welsh a new career-high in rushing yards (50). Owen Steele was Welsh's top target, picking up 160 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Grove City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ty Poole, Gabriel Adrovet, and Trace Price picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hayes). They breezed by Franklin Heights to the tune of 38-8 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 21-0.
Grove City's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Hayes, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
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