The Creekview Grizzlies will head out on the road to face off against the Pope Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Creekview is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.7 points per game this season.
Creekview lost 41-21 to Sprayberry on Friday. The Grizzlies haven't had much luck with the Yellow Jackets recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Austin Guest and Jaden Duckett. Duckett had a great game and rushed for 96 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Guest was balling out in the loss, throwing for 238 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, a victory for Pope just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Woodstock, falling 41-17.
Despite their loss, Pope saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. John Stuetzer, who rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown, was perhaps the best of all. Pope also got a significant boost from Ethan Alterman, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 88 yards.
Creekview's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Pope, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything went Creekview's way against Pope when the teams last played back in November of 2018, as Creekview made off with a 38-14 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Pope's Joseph Stellmach, who rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Creekview to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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