Greene County was in Montgomery County last night for Class 2A District 8 high school football. The long road trip resulted in a 34-23 victory for Coach Caden Duncan’s Rams over the Red Oak Tigers. Greene County is now 5-1 overall and leads Class 3A District 8 with a 3-0 record. The Tigers started the season 4-0 with four shut outs, but have lost two straight and are 4-2 overall and 1-2 in district football.

For the second time in three weeks senior running back Patrick Daugherty set new career highs in rushing attempts and rushing yards. The 5′ 9″ 175 lbs. senior ran the ball 32 times for 258 yards. Daugherty scored three touchdowns on runs of one, two, and one yards. Junior quarterback Gabe Ebersole completed just two passes, but one went for 63 yards and a touchdown to senior Jesse Miller, and the other to junior Jack Hansen for 67 yards. That’s two completions for 130 yards and a TD with no interceptions. Greene County also had a one yard sneak for a touchdown by Ebersole. The Rams totaled 323 rushing yards and 453 total yards.

RO entered the game with Class 2A’s top rusher in senior Riley Fouts. He was held to a season low 107 yards on 26 carries ,but Fouts did score on runs of six and one yards.

Two-way lineman Noah Cornell, a junior, recovered one of Greene County’s four fumbles to avoid a turnover in Ram territory. He also recovered a RO fumble, had a quarterback sack, and played offensive tackle and defensive end. Senior Richard Daugherty had a pair of pass interceptions, while the Rams had no turnovers for the second straight game and they’ve turned the ball over just six times for the season.

The Rams were scheduled to play at Shenandoah on Oct. 7, but the Mustangs dropped their varsity football program after a 94-0 loss to Clarke (Osceola) on Sept. 23. The Shenandoah game will go down as a 1-0 forfeit victory for Greene County.

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Rams 13    0  14  7  34

Tigers  3   7   13   0  23

Scoring summary: RO 8:32 (1) Dawson Bond 22 field goal, 3-0. 5:50 (1) Rams Patrick Daugherty 2 run (Nathan Behne PAT), 7-3. Rams 63 pass Jesse Miller from Gabe Ebersole (PAT blocked), 13-3. RO 9:14 (2) Riley Fouts 6 run (Bond PAT), 13-10. RO 10:34 (3) Fouts 1 run (Bond PAT) 17-13. Rams 7:37 (3) Ebersole 1 run (Behne kick), 20-17. Rams 3:08 (3) P. Daugherty 1 run (Behne PAT), 27-17. RO 1:18 (3) Jaden Woods 21 pass from Chase Roeder (PAT wide right), 27-23. Rams 9:34 (4) P. Daugherty 2 run ( Behne PAT), 34-23.