With a playoff game on the line, Granite Hills rose to the challenge on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 42-25 victory over the San Marcos Knights. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Max Turner continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 242 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Zachary Benitez, who threw for 233 yards and a touchdown on only 16 passes.
Granite Hills' defense stepped up as well, laying out Kreet Makihele. three times. Gavin Taylor was especially locked on to San Marcos' QB and sacked him twice.
Granite Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as San Marcos only rushed for 60.
Despite the loss, San Marcos still got an impressive performance from Brady Pohl, who picked up 67 receiving yards, and also rushed for 55 yards. That's the most rushing yards Pohl has posted since back in August.
Granite Hills' win bumped their record up to 11-2. As for San Marcos, the loss snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 11-2 record.
Granite Hills will venture away from home to square off against Edison at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Edison is on a six-game streak of home wins, Granite Hills a five-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. San Marcos does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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