Football Preview: San Diego Cavers vs. Patrick Henry Patriots
Two dominant backs in Jayden Johnson and Cody Cappelletti are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The San Diego Cavers will venture away from home to challenge the Patrick Henry Patriots at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. San Diego is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.1 points per game this season.
San Diego will head out to face Patrick Henry after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. San Diego fell to Christian 20-14. The Cavers haven't had much luck with the Patriots recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Despite the loss, San Diego got top-tier performance from Johnson, who rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, San Diego was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 210 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last matchup, Patrick Henry made sure to put some points up on the board against Crawford two weeks ago. Patrick Henry blew past Crawford, posting a 44-16 victory. Considering the Patriots have won five games by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cappelletti was his usual excellent self, rushing for 189 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per carry. Eli Ruiz was another key player, throwing for 157 yards and two touchdowns.
San Diego's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3. As for Patrick Henry, their win bumped their record up to an identical 6-3.
San Diego didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Patrick Henry in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, but they still walked away with a 38-34 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for San Diego since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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