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 Lancers pushed the score to 76-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had no chance of recovering from.
Kirk Simoni had an outrageously good game as he threw for 345 yards and five TDs while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also rushed for 38 yards and one score. Jacob Paris was Simoni's top target, picking up 80 receiving yards and a pair of touchdowns.
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 lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Tah'Kai Edwards, who threw for 176 yards and a pair of TDs on only 16 passes, and also rushed for 43 yards and one score.
East Union has started the season off flawlessly and has a 2-0 record to show for it.
East Union didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 53-12 win against Johansen on the 5th. As for Freedom, they have also already played their next game, a 34-6 loss against Maria Carrillo on the 5th.
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