It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Emerald can now relate to. They came up short against the A.C. Flora Falcons on Friday, falling 40-20. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Falcons are ranked 35th).
Emerald lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Beau Hite, who threw for 165 yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 50 yards. That's the most rushing yards Hite has posted since back in September. Another rusher making a difference was Christopher Dean, who gained 91 total yards and a touchdown.
A.C. Flora was led to victory by Solomon Kelson and Roper Wentzky. Kelson rushed for 168 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.4 yards per carry, while Wentzky threw for 210 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Wentzky is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played. 83 of Wentzky's passing yards were hauled in by Charlie Scott, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Emerald now has a losing record at 5-6. As for A.C. Flora, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season.
Emerald does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for A.C. Flora, they will head out to square off against Westside at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Westside knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past nine contests -- so hopefully A.C. Flora likes a good challenge.
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