Football Preview: Churchill Chargers vs. Sotomayor WILDCATS
Two dominant backs in Kalobe Rond and Cameron Grady are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Churchill Chargers will head out on the road to square off against the Sotomayor WILDCATS at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Churchill's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 52-0 victory over LEE. The match marked the Chargers' most dominant win of the season.
Hunter Pavlicek had an outrageously good game as he threw for 143 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes, and also rushed for 53 yards and a touchdown. He is becoming a predictor of Churchill's success: when he posts at least three passing touchdowns the team is 4-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, Sotomayor unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Harlan by a score of 35-33. The defeat continues a trend for the WILDCATS in their matchups with the Hawks: they've now lost three in a row.
Despite the loss, Sotomayor had strong showings from Grady, who rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and Chauncey Moon, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Grady's rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 108 rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Sotomayor was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 258 rushing yards in seven consecutive games.
Sotomayor's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-3. As for Churchill, their victory bumped their record up to 6-4.
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