Football Preview: Scituate Spartans vs. Narragansett Mariners
The Scituate Spartans will head out to challenge the Narragansett Mariners at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Scituate will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Scituate and Davies Career & Tech met for a duel on Saturday where Scituate prevailed. Scituate was the clear victor by a 35-15 margin over Davies Career & Tech. The Spartans pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots cut but never quite recovered from.
Scituate's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Paul Zolkos, who rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.3 yards per carry. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 71 yards.
Scituate wouldn't let Davies Career & Tech keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Scituate can thank Drake Dumont and Alexander Zuena for forcing all of them. With that strong performance, Zuena is now averaging an impressive 5.4 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Narragansett). They claimed a resounding 38-7 victory over Tiverton on the road. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Mariners with their most commanding win of the season.
Scituate's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Narragansett, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Scituate took a serious blow against Narragansett in their previous meeting back in April of 2021, falling 42-0. Can Scituate avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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