Football Preview: Berean Christian Eagles vs. Healdsburg Greyhounds
The Berean Christian Eagles will challenge the Healdsburg Greyhounds at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Berean Christian's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Modesto Christian, posting a 44-0 win on the road. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Berean Christian got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Joshua Werner out in front who threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 35 yards. Dane Lowden was Werner's top target, picking up 110 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Berean Christian's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Timothy Ng, Megginis Lovitt, and Davi Freitas picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Healdsburg at home against St. Helena on Friday as the team secured a 54-25 win.
Nova Perrill II had an outrageously good game as he threw for 257 yards and six touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 70 yards. Areum Romero was Perrill II's top target, picking up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Healdsburg wouldn't let St. Helena keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Healdsburg can thank Frank Rea and Romero for forcing both of them. Romero also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making three total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Healdsburg was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 409 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Berean Christian's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Healdsburg, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
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