Football Recap: Tanque Verde Hawks vs. Palo Verde Titans
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tanque Verde). They breezed by the Palo Verde Titans on the road to the tune of 56-12 on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Rocco Haggard had an outrageously good game as he threw for 247 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per attempt. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making two total tackles and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tanque Verde was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 310 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Tanque Verde's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Lewis and Haggard. The dominant performance also gave Haggard a new career-high in rushing yards. Tanque Verde got some further help from Anthony Torgeson: he forced a fumble and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Although Palo Verde took the loss, they still got scores from Julian Blackburne and Jackson Tyson.
The victory was the third in a row for Tanque Verde, bringing their record for this year to 3-1. As for Palo Verde, their loss dropped their record down to 2-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Tanque Verde will take on Catalina at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tanque Verde's defense has only allowed 17.5 points per game this season, so Catalina's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Palo Verde, they will challenge Santa Rita at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palo Verde is facing Santa Rita at the right time seeing as Santa Rita is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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