The matchup between Priest River and Orofino on Friday hardly resembled the 14-8 effort from their previous meeting. The Priest River Spartans claimed a resounding 48-15 win over the Orofino Maniacs at home. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 33 points or more this season.
Sawyer Staudt continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 264 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Priest River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 357 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Priest River wouldn't let Orofino keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Nate Fegert, Brady Hatten, and Ukiah Martinez picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Hatten is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game.
When it comes to explaining why Orofino lost, don't look at Johnny Starrs. Despite the final result, he rushed for 139 yards while picking up 8.2 yards per carry. Starrs also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making three total tackles.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Priest River, bringing their record for this year to 4-2. As for Orofino, their defeat was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-5.
Priest River will head out to challenge St. Maries at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Priest River knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past four matchups -- so hopefully St. Maries likes a good challenge. As for Orofino, they will host Bonners Ferry at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
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