Football Recap: Tarpon Springs Spongers vs. Pinellas Park Patriots
Tarpon Springs lost against Pinellas Park back in September of 2016, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Tarpon Springs Spongers took a 34-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pinellas Park Patriots. The Spongers haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the loss, Tarpon Springs still got an impressive performance from Nikita Rinios, who rushed for 153 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries. Rinios' longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Joaquin Kavouklis also helped out by tossing the rock for 285 yards.
Pinellas Park had a senior duo take command as Amari Caro gained 278 total yards and two touchdowns and Jaden Casanova rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance also gave Caro a new career-high in rushing yards. Kaiden Nobles was another key player, rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown.
Tarpon Springs' loss dropped their record down to 4-2. As for Pinellas Park, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tarpon Springs will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Dunedin at 7:00 p.m. on October 17th. Pinellas Park also won't see the field for a while: their next game is against Northeast at 7:30 p.m. on October 18th. Pinellas Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.2 points per game this season.
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