Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Alice). Everything went their way against the Sharyland Rattlers on Friday as the Alice Coyotes made off with a 57-32 victory. With that win, the Coyotes brought their scoring average up to 27.6 points per game.
Lucian Cruz continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 157 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry, and also throwing for 336 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in November of 2023. 143 of those passing yards were hauled in by Collin Tsesmelis, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Alice was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 281 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Alice wouldn't let Sharyland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Landen Brunston was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. Alice got some further help from Hayden Trejo: he picked up a sack, made seven total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Despite the loss, Sharyland still got an impressive performance from Calvin Harris, who threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Francisco Gomez, who gained 212 total yards and two touchdowns.
Alice has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Sharyland, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Alice will head out to square off against Mission Veterans Memorial at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alice will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak. As for Sharyland, they will welcome Roma at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sharyland is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.7 points per game this season.
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