Football Preview: Camelback Spartans vs. South Mountain Jaguars
The Camelback Spartans will venture away from home to challenge the South Mountain Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Camelback is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They put the hurt on North with a sharp 60-36 win on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Spartans.
A big part of Camelback's victory came down to the chemistry between Angel Neria and his top target Aken Logan. Neria threw for 384 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 15.4 yards per attempt while Logan gained 179 total yards and five touchdowns. Logan showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 67 yards. Murray Crump helped Neria out on the ground, rushing for 122 yards and a touchdown.
Camelback didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kemahn Knight and Logan. The dominant performance also gave Logan a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, South Mountain waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Stampede onto the board and left with a 21-0 win. The contest marked the Jaguars' most dominant victory of the season.
Camelback's win bumped their record up to 3-4. As for South Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 3-4.
Camelback didn't have too much breathing room in their match against South Mountain in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 27-21 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Camelback 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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