Football Preview: Clovis East Timberwolves vs. Grant Pacers
The Clovis East Timberwolves will take on the Grant Pacers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Grant is hoping to do what Sanger couldn't on Friday: put an end to Clovis East's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Clovis East simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Sanger 56-3 on the road. Given the Timberwolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Apaches are ranked 145th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Tyus Miller had a dynamite game for Clovis East, throwing for 191 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 passes, while also rushing for 43 yards. Blake Mathieu was another key player, picking up 67 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Clovis East was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 419 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Sanger only gained 184.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Grant, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They strolled past Inderkum with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 35-21.
Brandon Lambert was a one-man wrecking crew for Grant as he rushed for 218 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.9 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Alexander, who threw for 231 yards and three touchdowns.
Clovis East's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Grant, they pushed their record up to 2-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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