The Tinley Park Titans will head out on the road to take on the Morgan Park Mustangs at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Tinley Park is headed out in good spirits considering the team just ended their winless streak on the road against Thornton Fractional South on Friday. Tinley Park took down Thornton Fractional South 34-20.
Keoni George was his usual excellent self, rushing for 212 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. Those 212 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Tinley Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 227 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Tinley Park didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of James Ellis and Jaiden Dunalp. Dunalp also snagged an interception, which is notable because Tinley Park is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 2-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Morgan Park had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.1 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Wolverines 42-6. Considering the Mustangs have won eight matches by more than 19 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Morgan Park got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Marcus Thaxton out in front who threw for 138 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in two touchdowns on the ground. Terrance Gurley helped Thaxton out on the ground, rushing for 138 yards on only nine carries.
Tinley Park has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Morgan Park, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
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