If Pebble Hills was riding high fresh off their 63-14 takedown of Americas last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Pebble Hills Spartans lost 49-27 to the Cleveland Storm on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 364th in Texas, while the Storm are ranked third in New Mexico).
Despite the loss, Pebble Hills still got an impressive performance from Zereian Quarles, who rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry. Quarles showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 52 yards. Joe Fernandez was another key player, rushing for 29 yards and two touchdowns.
Leading Cleveland to victory were Jordan Hatch and Isaiah Yannis. Hatch threw for 276 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes, while Yannis rushed for 149 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Those 149 rushing yards gave Yannis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Maldonado, who gained 109 total yards and a touchdown.
Pebble Hills' defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Cleveland, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 4-1.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Pebble Hills will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Coronado at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. Coronado will roll in looking for their fourth straight victory, something Pebble Hills surely won't give up without a fight. Cleveland will also get a bit of a break before their next match: they'll face off against Farmington at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. One thing working in Cleveland's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last four games.
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