Football Preview: Lone Pine Golden Eagles vs. Alpaugh Buffalos
Lone Pine has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Alpaugh Buffalos at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lone Pine is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.7 points per game this season.
Lone Pine will head into Saturday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Saturday. They took a blow against Mammoth, falling 71-36. The Golden Eagles' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Ralph Enriquez Jr. and Tanner Knott. Knott had a great game and rushed for 163 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries. Meanwhile, Enriquez Jr. was balling out in the loss, throwing for 133 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Alpaugh entered their match against Laton on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Alpaugh was dealt a 44-12 loss at the hands of Laton. The defeat continues a trend for the Buffalos in their matchups with the Mustangs: they've now lost nine in a row.
Lone Pine's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3. As for Alpaugh, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
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