The Spruce Mountain Phoenix will head out on the road to take on Boothbay/Wiscasset at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Spruce Mountain is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Telstar, who was ranked 23rd in their home state at the time (Spruce Mountain was ranked 15th). Spruce Mountain blew past Telstar 54-6 at home on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Phoenix.
Spruce Mountain relied on the efforts of Austin Armandi, who rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Dylan Jewett, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Armandi really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. The team also got some help courtesy of Owen Kelvey, who gained 87 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Spruce Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Spruce Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jewett and Jaziah Lavoie.
Meanwhile, Boothbay/Wiscasset waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Rangers 36-14.
Spruce Mountain's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Boothbay/Wiscasset, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
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