After flying high against Bosqueville last Friday, Italy came back down to earth. The Italy Gladiators and the Itasca Wampus Cats were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but the Italy Gladiators suffered a 22-21 loss. It was the first time this season that the Gladiators let down their fans at home.
Although Italy took the loss, they still got scores from Trip Slovak and Treylan Fennell.
Itasca can attribute much of their success to Buddy Jackson, who rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 103 yards on eight of 17 attempts. That's the most rushing yards Jackson has posted since back in September.
Italy's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-2. As for Itasca, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-5 record.
Italy will head out to square off against Dawson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Italy is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. As for Itasca, they will be playing at home against Axtell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Itasca is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.7 points per game this season.
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