Football Recap: Eastwood Troopers vs. Pebble Hills Spartans
Eastwood was the 49-42 winner over Pebble Hills when they last played one another back in September of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Eastwood Troopers had to suffer through a 43-14 loss at the hands of the Pebble Hills Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Troopers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 527th, while the Spartans are ranked 258th).
Although Eastwood took the loss, they still got scores from Jude Walker and Caleb Flores.
Even if they lost, Eastwood's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Konrad Joseph-Garcia was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself. He has become a key player for Eastwood: the team is 3-1 when he posts at least two sacks, but 0-4 otherwise.
Zereian Quarles continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Pebble Hills, rushing for 308 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 17.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown. Quarles' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 127 rushing yards dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Joe Fernandez, who threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes.
Eastwood has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for Pebble Hills, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-3.
Eastwood will square off against Coronado at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Eastwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.6 points per game this season. As for Pebble Hills, they will face off against Socorro at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pebble Hills has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 137 points over their last three matches.
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