Tombstone never let their opponents score on Friday. They blew past the Santa Rita Eagles, posting a 56-0 win at home. With that victory, the Yellow Jackets brought their scoring average up to 28 points per game.
Tombstone had a senior duo take command as Jmiah Wallis rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns and DJ Elias rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Elias a new career-high in rushing yards. Hunter Griesemer was another key player, gaining 116 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tombstone was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 446 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Tombstone wouldn't let Santa Rita keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Tombstone can thank Griesemer and Thomas Smith for forcing both of them.
Tombstone's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-3. As for Santa Rita, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-8.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Tombstone will challenge Bisbee at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 943 yards in their previous games. As for Santa Rita, it'll be Battle of the Birds when Eagles dukes it out withTanque Verde at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. They are strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.4 points per game this season.
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