Green Wave football end season in 59-8 loss to Marion

Mattoon’s Derrius White hauled in a 29-yard pass for a score just three minutes into Friday night’s game against playoff-bound Marion.

The lead, though, was short-lived.

Marion scored 33 seconds later on a long pass and then reeled off 30 unanswered points in the second quarter en route to a 59-8 victory.

The Wildcats improved to 8-1 while the Green Wave ended their season 3-6.

Mattoon averaged just 28 yards per carry, allowed 428 total yards and turned over the ball four times.

	1	2	3	4	F
Mattoon	8	0	0	0	8
Marion	8	30	15	6	59

TEAM STATS

STAT	MATTOON	MARION
Total Yds	257	428
Rushing Att-Yds	27-78	22-130
Passing Yds	179	298
3rd-down conversions	5-9	3-4
Turnovers	4	0
Penalties	8-79	5-33

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING: Jackson Spurgeon 22-53, Aiden Spurgeon 4-29, Gavin Cline 1-(-4).

RECEIVING: Derrius White 7-86 1 TD, Matthew Gordon 3-40, Slater Trier 3-34, Owen Hawkins 2-14, Gavin Cline 1-5.

PASSING: Jackson Spurgeon 16-31 179, 1 TD, 3 INT