Football Recap: Pebble Hills Spartans vs. Eastwood Troopers
Pebble Hills had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 35.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed by the Eastwood Troopers at home to the tune of 43-14. The result was nothing new for the Spartans, who have now won four games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Zereian Quarles was his usual excellent self, rushing for 308 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 17.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Joe Fernandez, who threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Pebble Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 397 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Pebble Hills didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Anthony Vasquez. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 19. Another thorn in Eastwood's side was Dorian Jaramillo, who made 17 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Although Eastwood took the loss, they still got scores from Jude Walker and Caleb Flores.
Pebble Hills now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Eastwood, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-5.
Pebble Hills will head out to face off against Socorro at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pebble Hills is facing Socorro at the right time seeing as Socorro is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Eastwood, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Coronado at 7:30 p.m. Eastwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season.
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