On Saturday, McClave faced Simla in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The McClave Cardinals managed a 58-52 victory over the Simla Cubs. The defensive woes were uncharacteristic for the Cardinals, who until this game were averaging 17.5 points allowed.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, McClave was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to McClave's defensive line and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jr Mungaray and Will Pacino who racked up four sacks between them. Mungaray also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 12.
McClave's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Simla, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1.
McClave will have plenty of time to enjoy the victory as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Swink at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. As for Simla, 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 Sedgwick County at 7:00 p.m. on September 27th.
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