The Ponies were galloping in St. Anne Friday night.

South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville used 453 rushing yards – 300 of those yards coming from senior George Bailey – and had five rushing touchdowns to defeat St. Anne 48-26 at the Russell A. Cotton Athletic Complex. The Ponies punched their ticket into the Illinois 8-Man Association Playoffs, improving their record to 5-0. The Cardinals took their first loss of the season, falling to 4-1.

“Its a huge win,” South Fork head coach Zack Hanlon said. “[St. Anne is] a dang good football team. That was a hard fought game, the score is what it is, but that was a hard fought game all the way through.”

After multiple possession changes to begin the game, South Fork cashed in first. Ponies senior quarterback Brodey Vanhooser found classmate Brody

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