Emerald was the 24-21 winner over Wren when they last played one another back in November of 2014, but their luck changed this time around. The Emerald Vikings lost to the Wren Hurricanes at home by a 42-25 margin on Friday. 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 88th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 22nd).
Although Emerald took the loss, they still got scores from Key Holloway, Aj Anderson, and Christian Foster.
Even though they lost, Emerald was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 249 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Reese Price was his usual excellent self, rushing for 200 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry for Wren. With that strong performance, Price is now averaging an impressive 2.1 rushing touchdowns per game. Another player making a difference was Colten Bagwell, who rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns.
The defeat snapped Emerald's winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-5 record. As for Wren, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Emerald will challenge A.C. Flora at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Emerald is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.7 points per game this season. As for Wren, they will face off against Lancaster at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Wren also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 44 points per game.
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