Football Preview: Cleveland Storm vs. Farmington Scorpions
Cleveland has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. After each having a week off, they and the Farmington Scorpions will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Cleveland's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four matches.
Last Friday, Cleveland got the win against Pebble Hills by a conclusive 49-27. The Storm might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 22 points or more this season.
Jordan Hatch and Isaiah Yannis were among the main playmakers for Cleveland as the former threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes and the latter rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. The dominant performance also gave Hatch a new career-high in rushing yards. Jacob Maldonado was another key player, gaining 109 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cleveland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Farmington faced La Cueva in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Friday. Farmington took a blow against La Cueva, falling 45-13. The contest marked the Scorpions' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Cleveland pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Farmington, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
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