Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Marathon). They managed a 56-52 win over the Canterbury Cougars on Friday.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Shamar Wright and he. Wright rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per carry while he rushed for 219 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.7 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Lezcano Carlos, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Marathon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 626 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The victory got Marathon back to even at 2-2. As for Canterbury, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-3.
Marathon has the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Palm Glades Prep Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Canterbury, they will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Bishop McLaughlin Catholic at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th.
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