The North Fork Miners are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they challenge the Monte Vista Pirates at 6:00 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.
North Fork is headed out to face Monte Vista after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. North Fork blew past Center 46-6 at home last Friday. With the Miners ahead 46-0 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
The critical scores for North Fork came from Braeden Flores, Payson Pene, and Stellar Cook.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Fork was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 265 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 160 rushing yards in ten consecutive games dating back to last season.
North Fork wouldn't let Center keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. North Fork can thank Alex Csere and Joe Hollembeak for forcing both of them. Csere also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles (1.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Monte Vista blew past Rye, posting a 43-7 victory on the road.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Kaden Madrid and his top target Azariah Hurtado. Madrid threw for 303 yards and six touchdowns on only 17 passes while Hurtado picked up 190 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hurtado is now averaging an impressive 105 receiving yards per game. Jacob Pacheco helped Madrid out on the ground, rushing for 119 yards on only 15 carries.
Everything went North Fork's way against Monte Vista in their previous meeting back in September of 2021 as North Fork made off with a 21-0 victory. Will North Fork repeat their success, or does Monte Vista have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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