Football Recap: Spoto Spartans vs. Plant City Raiders
Spoto was the 28-27 winner over Plant City when they last played one another back in October of 2014, but their luck changed this time around. The Spoto Spartans took a blow against the Plant City Raiders on Friday, falling 61-24. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 345th, while the Raiders are ranked 133rd).
Despite the loss, Spoto still got an impressive performance from Nathan Richardson, who threw for 216 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 60 yards on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Richardson a new career-high in rushing yards. Jesse Harden was Richardson's top target, picking up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Chris Denson had a dynamite game for Plant City, throwing for 307 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. Tony Marshall was another key player, rushing for 102 yards and three touchdowns.
Spoto now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Plant City, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Spoto will challenge King at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Spoto is facing King at the right time seeing as King is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Plant City, they will take on Riverview at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
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