Football Preview: Spanish River Sharks vs. Stoneman Douglas Eagles
The Spanish River Sharks's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Stoneman Douglas Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Spanish River is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.3 points per game this season.
Spanish River is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 61-6 win over Coral Glades on the road. The result was nothing new for the Sharks, who have now won three contests by 25 points or more so far this season.
Tarrel Ocean was his usual excellent self, rushing for 125 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Another back making a difference was Ty Reynolds, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Another reason for the win was Spanish River's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Oscar Mendoza was especially locked on to Coral Glades' QB and sacked him twice. Mendoza also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven. Another thorn in Coral Glades' side was Javian Freeman, who picked up 1.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Spanish River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Coral Glades only rushed for 60.
Meanwhile, Stoneman Douglas was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Coral Glades.
Spanish River's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Stoneman Douglas, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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