Football Preview: London Pirates vs. Palacios Sharks
The London Pirates will square off against the Palacios Sharks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
London is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing West Oso: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that London blew West Oso out of the water with a 52-6 final score. The Pirates might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 25 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palacios). They had just enough and edged Mathis out 43-40. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Sharks.
Ty Trcka was a one-man wrecking crew for Palacios as he threw for 209 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 91 yards on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Trcka a new career-high in rushing yards.
Palacios was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in seven consecutive matches.
The win got London back to even at 4-4. As for Palacios, the victory also got them back to even at 4-4.
London beat Palacios 33-22 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will London repeat their success, or does Palacios have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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