Football Preview: Stoneman Douglas Eagles vs. Spanish River Sharks
The Stoneman Douglas Eagles will take on the Spanish River Sharks at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing isn't great for Stoneman Douglas: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Spanish River has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
Stoneman Douglas is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Coconut Creek on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Stoneman Douglas had to suffer through a 41-7 loss at the hands of Coconut Creek. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 499th, while the Cougars are ranked 109th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Spanish River). They breezed by Olympic Heights to the tune of 90-0 on Friday. The Sharks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 25 points or more this season.
Spanish River found their leader in freshman Marcus Stracke, who threw for 340 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. What's more, Stracke also racked up 25 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in August. Trent Asble was another key player, picking up 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Spanish River didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Vory Copeland led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Cole Cooper also snagged an interception, which is notable because Spanish River is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 2-4 otherwise. Spanish River got some further help from Evan Wiltse: he made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Stoneman Douglas' defeat dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Spanish River, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
