Football Recap: Rio Vista Eagles vs. Italy Gladiators
Rio Vista entered their contest against Italy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Rio Vista Eagles fell to the Italy Gladiators 20-14. The game marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Despite the loss, Rio Vista still got an impressive performance from Ashton Huey, who picked up 159 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 104 yards on only nine carries. With that strong performance, Huey is now averaging an impressive 108.2 receiving yards per game. Kaiden Scott also helped out by tossing the rock for 264 yards.
Gared Wood was his usual excellent self, rushing for 202 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry for Italy. Wood really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run.
Rio Vista now has a losing record at 2-3. As for Italy, the win was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 5-1.
Coincidentally, both will both be playing Axtell the next time they take the field. Rio Vista will head out to face Axtell at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, while Italy will host them at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
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