After each having a week off, the Syracuse Titans and the Fremont Silverwolves will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Syracuse focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four two weeks ago.
Syracuse is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Davis, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Syracuse was ranked 25th). Syracuse was beaten by Davis 49-10. Having soared to a lofty 37 points in the game before, the Titans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Fremont unfortunately witnessed the end of their seven-game winning streak two weeks ago. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Farmington. The Silverwolves haven't had much luck with the Phoenix recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The losing side was boosted by Salesi Moa, who picked up 68 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He didn't just play on offense: he also made seven total tackles and defended a pass.
Syracuse's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5. As for Fremont, their loss dropped their record down to 7-3.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the trenches. Syracuse has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 158.2 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Fremont, though, as they've been averaging only 96.5. How will they fare against such a dominant running game?
Syracuse came up short against Fremont in their previous matchup on October 4th, falling 28-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fremont's Manase Tuatagaloa, who threw for 282 yards and three touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 39 yards and a touchdown. Now that Syracuse knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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