Football Preview: Cloverdale Eagles vs. St. Helena Saints
Cloverdale is 1-9 against St. Helena since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Cloverdale Eagles will square off against the St. Helena Saints at 7:00 p.m.
Cloverdale is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 27-0 loss at the hands of Middletown.
Meanwhile, St. Helena came tearing into Thursday's matchup with three straight wins and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with a 42-21 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Saints considering their nine-point performance the contest before.
St. Helena can attribute much of their success to Jhony Covarrubias, who threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and Sam Beck, who rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards Beck has posted since back in November of 2023. Russell Wilms also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Helena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Cloverdale's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for St. Helena, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Cloverdale suffered a grim 50-27 defeat to St. Helena in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Cloverdale avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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