The St. Helena Saints are on the road again on Friday to play the Middletown Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. St. Helena will be strutting in after a win while Middletown will be coming in after a defeat.
St. Helena is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Lower Lake with a 43-37 victory on Friday.
Jhony Covarrubias was a one-man wrecking crew for St. Helena as he threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 37 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Covarrubias a new career-high in rushing yards. 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.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 34 points the game before, Middletown was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They took a 14-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of Willits. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
St. Helena's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Middletown, they now also have a losing record at 2-3.
St. Helena lost to Middletown on the road by a decisive 21-7 margin in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can St. Helena avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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