Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Emery). They took their game at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-17 win over the Carbon Dinos. Considering the Spartans have won three matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Emery can attribute much of their success to Jaxon Johnson, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for a yards and a touchdown on his only pass of the game. The dominant performance gave Johnson a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Porter Hurdsman, who picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Emery's defense stepped up as well, laying out Stockton Kennedy. three times. Leading the way was Josh Howard with two sacks.
Despite the loss, Carbon still got an impressive performance from Kennedy, who threw for 218 yards and two touchdowns. Tony Wilson helped Kennedy out on the ground, rushing for 100 yards.
Emery's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Carbon, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Emery will look to defend their home field on Friday against San Juan at 7:00 p.m. San Juan knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 point or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Emery likes a good challenge. As for Carbon, they will head out on the road to challenge Manti at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That match will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Kennedy and Maison Starkweather.
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