Newsome and Venice squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but Newsome had to settle for second. They had to suffer through a 56-17 loss at the hands of the Venice Indians. While losing is never fun, the Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Indians are ranked sixth).
When it comes to explaining why Newsome lost, don't look at Noah Guenther. Despite the final result, he rushed for 19 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 79 yards and a touchdown.
Even though they lost, Newsome was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 262 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Venice to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gata Wilder, who rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Wilder got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 55 yards. Winston Watkins Jr. was another key player, picking up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Newsome's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4. As for Venice, the win (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 11-1.
Newsome does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Venice, they will challenge West Orange at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Venice is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 49.6 points per game this season.
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