Football Recap: Garden Spot Extends Home Winning Streak to Three

By Team Reports Sep 28, 2024, 6:28pm

Football Recap: Garden Spot Spartans vs. Fleetwood Tigers

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Garden Spot's game last Friday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Friday. They walked away with a 31-23 win over the Fleetwood Tigers. The high-scoring effort was just what the Spartans needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.

Garden Spot had a senior duo take command as Aj Hurst threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.4% of his passes and Jace Conrad picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Hurst a new career-high in rushing yards. Andrew Pemberton got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.

Garden Spot pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Fleetwood, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Garden Spot will square off against Warwick at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Warwick's defense has only allowed 10.6 points per game this season, so Garden Spot's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Fleetwood, they will be playing at home against Kennard-Dale at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.

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