Middletown has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the St. Helena Saints at 7:00 p.m.
Middletown is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Willits on Friday. They took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wolverines. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Helena). They secured a 43-37 W over Lower Lake on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.
Jhony Covarrubias had a dynamite game for St. Helena, throwing for 178 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 37 yards and two touchdowns. Those 37 rushing yards gave Covarrubias a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Sam Beck, who rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: St. Helena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Lower Lake only rushed for 103.
St. Helena didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Russell Wilms and Dean Sommer.
Middletown now has a losing record at 2-3. As for St. Helena, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-3.
Middletown strolled past St. Helena in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a score of 21-7. Will Middletown repeat their success, or does St. Helena have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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