With a playoff game on the line, Millbury rose to the challenge on Friday. They managed a 42-36 victory over the Wahconah Regional Warriors. The Woolies pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Millbury's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sergio Hernandez led the charge by rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. Matteus Mateo was another key player, rushing for 95 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Millbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
The win made it two in a row for Millbury and bumps their season record up to 7-2. As for Wahconah Regional, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Millbury will challenge Northbridge at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Millbury is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.4 points per game this season. Wahconah Regional does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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