Football Preview: Crownpoint Eagles vs. Thoreau Hawks
It'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles challenges the Thoreau Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Crownpoint is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 50-8 win over Gallup. The victory was familiar territory for the Eagles who have now won three contests in a row.
Lavontae Robinson went supernova for Crownpoint, rushing for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also picking up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown. Crownpoint is 4-1 when Robinson posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-3 otherwise. Jaycee Beyale was another key player, picking up 85 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Crownpoint didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Landen Littleben, Austin Begay, and Calian Tenequer picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Thoreau had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 42.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six last Thursday. They blew past the Bears, posting a 62-20 win.
Crownpoint has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Thoreau, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2.
Crownpoint was taken down by Thoreau 50-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Crownpoint avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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