Football Recap: Central East Skates Past Clovis East with Ease

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Previous Games

10/10/25 - Home	50-20 W
11/22/24 - Away	33-24 W
10/10/24 - Away	26-34 L
10/13/23 - Home	58-55 W
10/14/22 - Away	56-13 W
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Central East had won eight straight at home dating back to last season, but on Friday they bumped up to 6-1 to make it nine. They blew past the Clovis East Timberwolves 50-20. The Bengals' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.

Jelani Dippel continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 426 yards and six TDs while completing 73.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 62 yards and one score. He has been hot, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last five times he's played. Titus Thomas also helped out as he racked up 121 receiving yards.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Central East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 211 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in five consecutive games.

Central East didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chris Perry and Brandon Smith.

As for Clovis East, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-3. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 5-1 Clovis West (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 84.5% over those games).

Several Timberwolves players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Lindsey Graves, who rushed for 69 yards on only nine carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Central East is set to challenge their familiar foe Clovis West at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Meanwhile, Clovis East will take on rival Clovis at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That contest will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Jamie Spurgeon and Deagan Rose.