Football Preview: Scituate Spartans vs. Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout
Two dominant backs in Paul Zolkos and Ethan Koczwanski are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Scituate Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Scituate is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Hope/St. Patrick Academy to the tune of 48-12 on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Zolkos continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, while also picking up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Sean O'Brien was another key player, throwing for 112 yards and two touchdowns.
Scituate's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. The heavy lifting was done by Michael Correia and Travis Howman, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout won against Hope/St. Patrick Academy two weeks ago with 51 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Saturday. Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout claimed a resounding 51-24 win over Toll Gate. With that victory, Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout brought their scoring average up to 26 points per game.
Koczwanski was his usual excellent self, rushing for 233 yards and four touchdowns on only ten carries. Those 233 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
Scituate pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.8 points per game. As for Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-4.
Saturday's game might be decided in the on the ground. Scituate has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 172.1 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout struggles in that department as they've been averaging 224.4. It's looking like Saturday's contest might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Scituate beat Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout 19-8 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Scituate repeat their success, or does Exeter-West Greenwich/Prout have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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