Football Preview: Pebble Hills Spartans vs. Cleveland Storm
The Pebble Hills Spartans will stay at home for another week and welcome the Cleveland Storm at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Pebble Hills is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Americas: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pebble Hills blew Americas out of the water with a 63-14 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-14.
Pebble Hills' success was spearheaded by the efforts of Zereian Quarles, who gained 157 total yards and two touchdowns, and Joe Fernandez, who rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Pebble Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Pebble Hills wouldn't let Americas keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force five fumbles. It was a group effort, with five picking up one apiece. Dorian Jaramillo is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last 14 games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Cleveland faced Las Cruces in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Cleveland came out on top against Las Cruces by a score of 35-25. The win was nothing new for the Storm as they're now sitting on three straight.
Isaiah Yannis was his usual excellent self, rushing for 123 yards and three touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Pebble Hills' first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Cleveland, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with that win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Friday's match might be decided in the trenches. Pebble Hills has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 206.7 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Cleveland struggles in that department as they've been averaging 209.5. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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