The Pace Vikings will take on the Roma Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pace will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Pace's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Economedes' usually-dominant defense. Pace took down Economedes 31-17. While the Vikings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Adrian Sauceda continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 148 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 148 rushing yards dating back to last season. Isaac Solis was another key player, throwing for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Pace wouldn't let Economedes keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pace can thank Jose Garcia and Gilberto Hernandez for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Hernandez is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game. Pace got some further help from Ignacio Ramirez: he picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Pace was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 268 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Roma). They came out on top against Zapata by a score of 35-28 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Gladiators.
Pace's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-0. As for Roma, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
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