Football Preview: Nipomo Titans vs. Arroyo Grande Eagles
Nipomo is 0-9 against Arroyo Grande since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Nipomo Titans will take on the Arroyo Grande Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Nipomo beat Santa Ynez 13-7.
The critical scores for Nipomo came from Nick Evans and Juan Zarate.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Arroyo Grande's strategy against Righetti on Friday. Arroyo Grande took down Righetti 42-27. Arroyo Grande's victory was all the more impressive since the Warriors were averaging only 16.4 points allowed on the season.
Zack Tayman continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 134 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Sam Wulff was another key player, throwing for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Arroyo Grande was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 229 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Arroyo Grande wouldn't let Righetti keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Arroyo Grande can thank Levi Childers and Noah Schmidt for forcing both of them.
Nipomo's first win this season bumped their record up to 1-3-1. As for Arroyo Grande, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Nipomo was dealt a bruising 38-8 loss at the hands of Arroyo Grande in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Nipomo, Junior Herlihy (who rushed for 25 yards and two touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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