Football Preview: Springville Red Devils vs. Wasatch Wasps
Springville is 8-2 against Wasatch since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Springville Red Devils will be playing at home against the Wasatch Wasps at 7:00 p.m. Wasatch took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Springville, who comes in off a win.
Springville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Cedar Valley 55-13 at home on Friday. Considering the Red Devils have won three matches by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Easton Leavitt was his usual excellent self, throwing for 277 yards and three touchdowns on only 17 passes. Drake Peterson was Leavitt's top target, picking up 134 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Springville's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Siaosi Toki, Reid Deede, and Deede picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Wasatch was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They lost to Maple Mountain on the road by a 28-14 margin. The Wasps were down 28-6 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Despite the defeat, Wasatch had strong showings from Ben Brand, who rushed for 46 yards and two touchdowns, and Joseph Bradley, who rushed for 93 yards on only 13 carries. The dominant performance gave Bradley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Springville's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Wasatch, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Springville strolled past Wasatch in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 34-20. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Wasatch's Carter Bucad, who rushed for 138 yards, and also picked up 46 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Springville to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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