Football Recap: Chamberlain Falls Despite Big Games from Elijah Leaver and Jaiden Everett

By Team Reports Sep 23, 2024, 12:20pm

Football Recap: Chamberlain Storm vs. Spoto Spartans

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After flying high against Sickles last Friday, Chamberlain came back down to earth. The Chamberlain Storm fell just short of the Spoto Spartans by a score of 44-42 on Friday. The Storm gained 85 more yards on the day, but it was the Spartans that made the best use of them.

Chamberlain's loss came despite strong showings from Jaiden Everett and Elijah Leaver. Everett rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries, while Leaver threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. With that strong performance, Everett is now averaging an impressive 104 rushing yards per game.

Leading Spoto to victory were Nathan Richardson and Z'Orey Cotton. Richardson threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.1 yards per attempt, while Cotton gained 212 total yards and a touchdown. Jaedyn Cartwright helped Richardson out on the ground, rushing for 87 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.

Chamberlain's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Spoto, the victory made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 3-2.

Chamberlain will have plenty of time to ponder what went wrong as they've got a bye scheduled next week. After, they'll take on Leto at 7:30 p.m. on October 4th. As for Spoto, they will challenge Tampa Bay Tech at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.

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