The Sundown Roughnecks will venture away from home to challenge the Roosevelt Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sundown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Sundown is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against New Deal on Friday. Sundown fell 28-21 to New Deal.
Meanwhile, everything went Roosevelt's way against Stanton on Friday as Roosevelt made off with a 36-14 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Eagles.
Nate Casarez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 167 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also throwing for 76 yards and a touchdown on only seven passes. He didn't just play on offense: he also forced two fumbles and made 15 total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. Roosevelt also got a significant boost from Cristian Castillo, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Roosevelt was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 351 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 153 rushing yards in 17 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Roosevelt wouldn't let Stanton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Casarez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Sundown's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Roosevelt, their record is now 3-1.
Sundown might still be hurting after the 34-13 defeat they got from Roosevelt in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Sundown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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