On Friday, Spanish Springs faced Douglas in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Spanish Springs Cougars came out on top in a nail-biter against the Douglas Tigers , sneaking past 31-28. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cougars considering their seven-point performance the game before.
Spanish Springs can attribute much of their success to Tyson Mcneil, who threw for 287 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 33 yards. The dominant performance gave Mcneil a new career-high in rushing yards. 92 of those passing yards were hauled in by Brady Hummel, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Spanish Springs' defense stepped up as well, laying out Jackson Ovard. three times. In that department, Isaiah Blinkinsop was the leader with two sacks. Spanish Springs got some further help from Kyler Depaepe: he made 19 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Despite the loss, Douglas still got an impressive performance from Ovard, who threw for 187 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Spanish Springs now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Douglas, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-2 record.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Spanish Springs will head out to face off against Reno at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Spanish Springs is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road. As for Douglas, they will venture away from home to take on McQueen at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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