Football Preview: Orcutt Academy Spartans vs. Lone Pine Golden Eagles
Orcutt Academy is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Lone Pine is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Orcutt Academy Spartans will host the Lone Pine Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Orcutt Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 38.4 points per game this season.
Orcutt Academy is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Santa Clara on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Orcutt Academy was beaten by Santa Clara 60-30.
Orcutt Academy might have lost, but man, Joaquin Perez was a machine: he rushed for 243 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.6 yards per carry. Perez was no stranger to the big play, turning on the jets for a run that went for 51 yards.
Even though they lost, Orcutt Academy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Lone Pine strolled past Trona with points to spare two weeks ago, taking the game 58-42.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Lone Pine to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ralph Enriquez Jr., who threw for 199 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards. Enriquez Jr. has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last three times he's played. Cristian Duran was in the mix as well, providing Lone Pine with three touchdowns.
Lone Pine didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Perfecto Valdez and Noah Quezada.
Orcutt Academy's record now sits at 5-3. As for Lone Pine, their record now sits at 7-3.
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