Thursday night August 10th the Greensburg Junior High Football team travelled to Connersville,
to take on the Spartans.
The Pirate 8th grade came away with a decisive victory 32-0.
The Pirates were led on Offensive by Quarterback Matthew Fields 7 for 12 with 3 touchdown passes, 1 extra point thru the air.
Max Buening led the receiving corps with 96 total receiving yards. The balanced rushing attack was led by Mason Herpel with 72 yards.
Scoring Stats were – Buening 2 Touchdowns and 1 extra pt, Fields 2 extra points rushing, Herpel 1 rushing touchdown and Chance Richards
1 receiving Touchdown.
Defensively the Pirates were led by Tank Wyllie, Max Grimes and Herpel and the whole defense held the Spartans to only 55 yards of
Offensive.
The Pirate 7th Grade fought hard but came up short on the score board 16-24. The Spartans scored with under 2 minutes to go and the
Young Pirates just ran out of time for their comeback.
Leading the young Pirates offensively and defensively were Jai Jackson, Bentley Sageser, Chance Westerfeld and Aaden Dolan.
The Pirates are on the road again 8/16th at Franklin County. Feel free to come and support our young men and women.
From Scott Richards