With a playoff game on the line, Sports Leadership & Management rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They managed a 34-30 victory over the Truckee Wolverines. Sports Leadership & Management's win was all the more impressive since the Wolverines were averaging only 10.15 points allowed on the season.
Leading Sports Leadership & Management to victory were Damien Nevil and Alaijah Young. Nevil gained 154 total yards and four touchdowns, while Young rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries. Young got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 52 yards.
Sports Leadership & Management didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Tondreau and Greg Waters-Cortez. Sports Leadership & Management got some further help from Gabriel Delgado: he made 14 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
When it comes to explaining why Truckee lost, don't look at Ivan Esparza. Despite the final result, he rushed for 150 yards on only ten carries. Those 150 rushing yards gave Esparza a new career-high. Truckee also got a significant boost from Jace Estabrook, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 144 yards.
The victory (which was Sports Leadership & Management's fifth in a row) raised their record to 9-4. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.6 points per game. As for Truckee, with the defeat, they broke their 25-game winning streak and moved their record to 12-1.
As of now, neither Sports Leadership & Management nor Truckee have any future games scheduled.
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