Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbus East). They blew past the Jennings County Panthers 62-7 at home on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Kyson Villarreal looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only ten passes, while also rushing for 37 yards. Another player making a difference was James Scruggs, who rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Columbus East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Columbus East's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Keaton Lawson, Robert Young, and Zach Foster picked up one apiece.
When it comes to explaining why Jennings County lost, don't look at Brandan Mccory. Despite the final result, he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Mccory a new career-high in rushing yards.
The win got Columbus East back to even at 2-2. As for Jennings County, they are on a five-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-4.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Columbus East will head out to challenge New Albany at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Albany will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Columbus East surely won't give up without a fight. As for Jennings County, they will venture away from home to square off against Madison at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Jennings County focused on turnovers this week as team gave up four on Friday.
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