With a playoff win on the line, Norwood rose to the challenge on Saturday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Simla Cubs 46-44. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Mavericks have posted since August 29th.
Brycen Rummel threw for 185 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Cole Bray was his top target, picking up 75 receiving yards and one score.
Despite the loss, Simla still got an impressive performance from Evan Guy, who rushed for 143 yards and one TD on only 13 carries, and also threw for 127 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Ethan Kissam was another key player, gaining 196 total yards and a touchdown.
Norwood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. The team dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.2 points. As for Simla, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 6-4 record.
As of now, neither Norwood nor the Cubs have any future games scheduled.
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