Football Preview: Sundown Roughnecks vs. Roosevelt Eagles
The Sundown Roughnecks will venture away from home to face off against the Roosevelt Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sundown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Sundown is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against New Deal on Friday. Sundown fell 28-21 to New Deal.
Meanwhile, Roosevelt made easy work of Stanton on Friday and carried off a 36-14 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Nate Casarez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 167 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also throwing for 76 yards and a touchdown on only seven passes. He also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing two fumbles and making 15 total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. Roosevelt also got a significant boost from Cristian Castillo, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Roosevelt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 351 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in 17 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Roosevelt wouldn't let Stanton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Casarez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Sundown's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Roosevelt, their record now sits at 3-1.
Sundown suffered a grim 34-13 defeat to Roosevelt in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Sundown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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