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3Hnnseuuy pulls away from Ghosts
BoWK AELnJWon DnG 3Hnnsbury had been waiting all week for this game. fn what has become a rather hostile rivalry over the past several yearsI it was a game which the Ghosts couldn’t wait forI but probably would like to forget completely.
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qhe win drops the Ghosts to 4-O overall and O-N in league playI while the calcons improved to 4-O and now sLW DW 3-0 Ln WKH OHDJuH, good for the only National Conference team without an in-league loss.
“qhis rivalry has become KuJH,” AELnJWon TuDUWHUback aylan Collins said. “lbviouslyI they don’t seem to like us too muchI but f was dying to win. f wanted it so bad.”
Before the game even startedI both teams huddled up and had a little more intensity than what you’d see in their normal pregame routine.
And once the game startedI things only went Abington’s way for a matter of minutes.
After the Ghosts went up 3-0, 3HnnsEuUy wDs DEOH Wo use one long drive and then a one-play drive to take a N4-P lead going into the locker rooms.
qhe Ghosts cut the calcons lead to only one possession when Collins ran in a fouryard touchdown to cap off a NO-playI 8N-yard drive which lasted less than six minutes.
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“Not being able to continue with our great startI that was the bottom lineI” Abington coach qim Sorber said. “qhe defense did a great job of producing turnoversI but there were too many times in the red zone when we came out without any points. qhat’s unfortunateI but f thought for the most partI