There's no place like home for Pendleton Heights, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They really took it to the Yorktown Tigers for the full four quarters, racking up a 47-20 victory at home. The Arabians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Keaton Jones continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 235 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 35 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Colton Frank, who threw for 255 yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pendleton Heights was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
One reason for the win was Pendleton Heights' imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Garrett Pederson was the leader with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Pendleton Heights got some further help from Rylan Keesling: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Although Yorktown took the loss, they still got scores from Noah Long, Wilson Webster, and Sam Tokar.
With the win, Pendleton Heights broke their four-game losing streak and moved their record to 3-5. As for Yorktown, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
Pendleton Heights will head out to square off against Shelbyville at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pendleton Heights is facing Shelbyville at the right time seeing as Shelbyville is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Yorktown, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Mt. Vernon at 7:00 p.m. Mt. Vernon will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Yorktown surely won't give up without a fight.
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