Truckee put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past the Elko Indians 31-8. With the Wolverines ahead 21-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Truckee found their leader in underclassman Ivan Esparza, who rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Esparza a new career-high in rushing yards. Jace Estabrook handled things on the ground, rushing for 100 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Truckee was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 204 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Truckee's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Paul Ronzone was the leader with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 11 games he's played dating back to last season. Truckee got some further help from Luke Lauter: he made ten total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Despite the loss, Elko still got an impressive performance from Jake Carsrud, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Truckee pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Elko, their defeat ended a nine-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Truckee will venture away from home to challenge Sparks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Truckee is facing Sparks at the right time seeing as Sparks is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Elko, they will head out on the road to square off against Churchill County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Elko is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.6 points per game this season.
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