Football Preview: Encinal Jets vs. Alameda Hornets
The Encinal Jets will square off against the Alameda Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Friday, Encinal took their contest with ease, bagging a 42-7 win over Mt. Eden. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Jets.
It was another big night for Alexander Marston, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. Encinal is 3-1 when Marston posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise. Deji Salaam made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Meanwhile, Alameda had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. They really took it to the Grizzlies for the full four quarters, racking up a 47-13 victory. The Hornets pushed the score to 41-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Grizzlies had little chance of recovering from.
Alameda pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.3 points per game. As for Encinal, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season.
Encinal was taken down by Alameda 34-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Encinal avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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