Football Preview: Eastlake Falcons vs. Pebble Hills Spartans
Eastlake and Pebble Hills are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Eastlake Falcons will head out on the road to take on the Pebble Hills Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Eastlake will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Franklin, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Eastlake walked away with a 21-14 victory over Franklin on Friday.
Luke Lomeli was his usual excellent self, throwing for 174 yards and three touchdowns. Eastlake also got a significant boost from Steven Galindo, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 121 yards.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Pebble Hills against Socorro on Thursday as the squad secured a 55-26 win. Considering the Spartans have won five contests by more than 28 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Zereian Quarles and Joe Fernandez were among the main playmakers for Pebble Hills as the former rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry and the latter threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Fernandez is becoming a predictor of Pebble Hills' success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 0-3 when he doesn't).
Pebble Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches.
Pebble Hills didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Arturo Guevara and Calvin Lockwood. Pebble Hills got some further help from Dorian Jaramillo: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Eastlake's record is now 5-3. As for Pebble Hills, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Eastlake came up short against Pebble Hills when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 31-21. Thankfully for Eastlake, Gael Ochoa (who threw for 338 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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