St. Helena has gone 9-1 against Cloverdale recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. Helena Saints will host the Cloverdale Eagles at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (St. Helena has four straight wins, Cloverdale has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
St. Helena will head into Thursday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 21-point they dealt Clear Lake on Thursday. St. Helena blew past Clear Lake 42-21. That 21 point margin sets a new team best for the Saints this season.
St. Helena can attribute much of their success to Jhony Covarrubias, who threw for 177 yards and two touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes, and Sam Beck, who rushed for 152 yards and two touchdowns. St. Helena is 3-1 when Beck posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Russell Wilms was in the mix too, providing St. Helena with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Helena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Cloverdale fell victim to Middletown and their airtight defense on Friday. They had to suffer through a 27-0 loss at the hands of the Mustangs.
St. Helena now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Cloverdale, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
St. Helena took their victory against Cloverdale in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 50-27. Will St. Helena repeat their success, or does Cloverdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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