Estrella Foothills took care of business in their home opener on Thursday (and then some). They blew past the Youngker Roughriders 40-13 at home. The win was nothing new for the Wolves as they're now sitting on seven straight dating back to last season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Estrella Foothills to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hone Wray, who rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, and also threw for 134 yards and a touchdown while completing 80% of his passes. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Noah Romo was Wray's top target, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Romo wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Estrella Foothills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 367 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Estrella Foothills wouldn't let Youngker keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Estrella Foothills can thank Landyn DeBoard and Dasan Guevara-Ponce for forcing both of them. Guevara-Ponce also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Despite the loss, Youngker still got an impressive performance from Isaiah Hargrove, who rushed for 87 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
Estrella Foothills will look to defend their home field on Friday against Mingus at 7:00 p.m. As for Youngker, they will head out on the road to take on Buckeye at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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