Churchill County won the last time they faced Spring Creek, and things went their way on Friday too. The Churchill County Greenwave walked away with a 21-14 win over the Spring Creek Spartans.
Leading Churchill County to victory were Matthew Bird and Carson Melendy. Bird rushed for 45 yards and a touchdown, while Melendy rushed for 52 yards and two touchdowns. Churchill County is 4-1 when Melendy posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Churchill County wouldn't let Spring Creek keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Manny Karaway led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself.
Although Spring Creek took the loss, they still got scores from Snowdon Bear Williams and Landon Boyle.
The victory got Churchill County back to even at 4-4. As for Spring Creek, with the defeat, they broke their three-game winning streak and moved their record to 3-5.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Churchill County will welcome Elko 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. As for Spring Creek, they will look to defend their home field on Friday against Fernley at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Fernley's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matchups.
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