Football Preview: Damien Spartans vs. Etiwanda Eagles
After each having a week off, the Damien Spartans and the Etiwanda Eagles will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 49-21, which was the final score in Damien's tilt against JSerra Catholic last Friday. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Isaiah Arriaza and Ryan Hopkins. Hopkins had a great game and threw for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Arriaza was balling out in the loss, throwing for 276 yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, neither Etiwanda nor Bishop Diego could gain the upper hand last Friday so the two teams had to settle for a 28-28 tie.
The critical scores for Etiwanda came from Aureliano Bedoy, Myles Tarkington, Jaelin Moten, and Aden Nolen.
This is the second loss in a row for Damien and nudges their season record down to 3-2. With that tie, Etiwanda's record moves to 2-2-1.
Damien ended up a good deal behind Etiwanda in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, losing 51-36. Thankfully for Damien, Dermaricus Davis (who threw for 389 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 32 yards and three touchdowns) 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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