Football Preview: Spanish River Sharks vs. Stoneman Douglas Eagles
The Spanish River Sharks will take on the Stoneman Douglas Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Spanish River is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Spanish River is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They never let Olympic Heights onto the board and left with a 90-0 win on Friday. Given the Sharks' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Lions are ranked 545th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Marcus Stracke had a dynamite game for Spanish River, throwing for 340 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. What's more, Stracke also racked up 25 rushing yards, the most he's had since back in August. Trent Asble was in the mix too, providing Spanish River with two touchdowns.
Spanish River didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Vory Copeland led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. He also made four total tackles, which is notable because Spanish River is 3-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 2-3 otherwise. Spanish River got some further help from Evan Wiltse: he made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, a victory for Stoneman Douglas just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Coconut Creek at home and fell 41-7. The Eagles have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Spanish River now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Stoneman Douglas, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
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