Football Game Preview: Garden Spot Spartans vs. Warwick Warriors

By Team Reports Sep 25, 2024, 12:18pm

Football Preview: Garden Spot Spartans vs. Warwick Warriors

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The Garden Spot Spartans will head out to square off against the Warwick Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Warwick took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Garden Spot, who comes in off a win.

Garden Spot took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They came out on top against Fleetwood by a score of 31-23. The high-scoring effort was just what the Spartans needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.

A big part of Garden Spot's victory came down to the chemistry between Aj Hurst and his top target Jace Conrad. Hurst threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.4% of his passes while Conrad picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Hurst a new career-high in rushing yards. Andrew Pemberton got in on the action as well, returning a kick for a touchdown.

Meanwhile, while it was Warwick who put the first points on the board on Friday, it was Cocalico who put up more. Warwick fell just short of Cocalico by a score of 10-7. The game was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Warriors couldn't quite close it out.

Garden Spot pushed their record up to 3-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Warwick, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Garden Spot was dealt a bruising 56-13 defeat at the hands of Warwick in their previous meeting back in August of 2019. Thankfully for Garden Spot, Joey Mccracken (who threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards) 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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