Two dominant backs in Armon Thorntona and Bobby Mitchell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Laguna Creek Cardinals will venture away from home to face off against the Pleasant Grove Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Laguna Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 63-7 win over Sheldon. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won three games by 22 points or more so far this season.
Thorntona continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 183 yards and six touchdowns on only 15 carries. Thorntona is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 111 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Mitchell Labrado, who threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns while completing 90% of his passes.
Laguna Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They took down the Thundering Herd 31-14.
Pleasant Grove can attribute much of their success to Cole Davis, who threw for 219 yards and three touchdowns. Jacob Beals was another key player, picking up 98 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Pleasant Grove didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Reishi Vue and Zachary Barbieri.
Laguna Creek pushed their record up to 4-5 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Pleasant Grove, their win bumped their record up to 6-3.
Laguna Creek came out on top in a nail-biter against Pleasant Grove in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 27-24. Does Laguna Creek have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pleasant Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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