Football Preview: Gateway Olympians vs. Sand Creek Scorpions
After two games on the road, Gateway is heading back home. They will host the Sand Creek Scorpions at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Gateway's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Centaurus on Saturday. They were outmatched by the Warriors on the road and fell 40-0. The Olympians haven't had much luck with the Warriors recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Sand Creek had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Red-Tailed Hawks 57-15 at home. The result was nothing new for the Scorpions, who have now won four contests by 34 points or more so far this season.
Sand Creek found their leader in underclassman Ethan Mangrum, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 108 yards and two touchdowns on only five passes. Mangrum's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 120 rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Achilles Evans, who rushed for 117 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Sand Creek didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Joseph Cruz and Miles Reddix. With that strong performance, Cruz is now averaging an impressive 6.2 total tackles per game. Dearon Mitchell Lll was another major factor on D, making 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sand Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 335 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 285 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Gateway's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Sand Creek, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
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