Football Preview: Pleasant Grove Eagles vs. Laguna Creek Cardinals
Two dominant backs in Bobby Mitchell and Armon Thorntona are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pleasant Grove Eagles will host the Laguna Creek Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Laguna Creek is hoping to do what Elk Grove couldn't on Friday: put an end to Pleasant Grove's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Pleasant Grove strolled past Elk Grove with points to spare, taking the game 31-14.
Cole Davis looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 219 yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Jacob Beals, who picked up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pleasant Grove didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Reishi Vue and Zachary Barbieri. Vue has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last four times he's played.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Laguna Creek). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Sheldon 63-7. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won three matches by 22 points or more so far this season.
Thorntona was his usual excellent self, rushing for 183 yards and six touchdowns on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Mitchell Labrado, who threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes.
Laguna Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Pleasant Grove's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for Laguna Creek, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5.
Pleasant Grove couldn't quite finish off Laguna Creek in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 and fell 27-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thorntona, who rushed for 58 yards and two touchdowns, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. Now that Pleasant Grove knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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