A well-balanced attack led East Union over Freedom in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that the Lancers blew the Falcons out of the water with an 83-19 final score. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Lancers had established a 57-point advantage.
Kirk Simoni had an outrageously good game as he threw for 345 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and one TD. Jacob Paris was Simoni's top target, picking up 80 receiving yards and a pair of scores.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: East Union was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Freedom only rushed for 66 rushing yards.
Freedom's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tah'Kai Edwards, who threw for 176 yards and a pair of touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 43 yards and one TD.
East Union has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it.
Coming up, East Union will challenge Johansen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Freedom, they will square off against Maria Carrillo at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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