Football Preview: Grant Pacers vs. Antelope Titans
The Grant Pacers will head out on the road to square off against the Antelope Titans at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Grant humbled West Park with a 48-7 victory. Given the Pacers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Panthers are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grant can attribute much of their success to Luke Alexander, who threw for 231 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes. Leon Martin was in the mix as well, providing Grant with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Antelope, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They took down Cordova 31-14 on Friday.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Antelope to victory, but perhaps none more so than Richie Graham, who rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.3 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Deante Gray Jr, who rushed for 86 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Antelope was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 291 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 49.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 185.7.
Antelope didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Valor Munoz and Angelo Luopa. Munoz is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season.
The win made it two in a row for Grant and bumps their season record up to 5-3. As for Antelope, their record now sits at 2-5.
Grant and Antelope were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in November of 2016, but Grant came up empty-handed after a 29-28 loss. Thankfully for Grant, Elijah Dotson (who rushed for 287 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.4 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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