The Garden Spot Spartans are taking a road trip to face off against the Warwick Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garden Spot will be strutting in after a win while Warwick will be coming in after a loss.
Garden Spot took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed last Friday. They walked away with a 31-23 victory over Fleetwood. The high-scoring effort was just what the Spartans needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
A big part of Garden Spot's win came down to the chemistry between Aj Hurst and his top target Jace Conrad. Hurst threw for 215 yards and two touchdowns while completing 86.4% of his passes while Conrad picked up 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Hurst a new career-high in rushing yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Andrew Pemberton, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Warwick might've scored the first points last Friday, but it was Cocalico who claimed the real prize. Warwick fell just short of Cocalico by a score of 10-7. The game was a 7-7 toss-up at halftime, but the Warriors couldn't quite close it out.
Garden Spot pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Warwick, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Garden Spot was dealt a bruising 56-13 defeat at the hands of Warwick when the teams last played back in August of 2019. Thankfully for Garden Spot, Joey Mccracken (who threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns while completing 86.7% of his passes, and also rushed for 35 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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