The Academy Wildcats are taking a road trip to challenge the Strasburg Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with ten losses in a row dating back to last season, The Academy finally turned things around against Alameda on Thursday. They never let the Pirates onto the board and left with a 43-0 win.
Jase Farmer went supernova for The Academy, rushing for 114 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 75 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Farmer a new career-high in rushing yards. Jacob Arzberger was another key player, rushing for 63 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: The Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alameda only rushed for 42.
Meanwhile, Strasburg put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 46-14 victory over La Junta at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Indians just coasted through the last quarter.
Strasburg's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Ayden Dodge led the charge by rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Dodge posted at least 116 rushing yards in the third games prior. Cade Hemphill was in the mix too, providing Strasburg with two touchdowns.
The win got The Academy back to even at 1-1. As for Strasburg, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
The Academy might still be hurting after the 49-28 defeat they got from Strasburg in their previous meeting back in October of 2015. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point The Academy was down 35-6.
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