The Pace Vikings are taking a road trip to square off against the Roma Gladiators at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pace is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Pace's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Economedes' usually-dominant defense. Pace enjoyed a cozy 31-17 win over Economedes. While the Vikings didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
It was another big night for Adrian Sauceda, who rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 148 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaac Solis, who threw for 100 yards and a touchdown.
Pace wouldn't let Economedes keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pace can thank Jose Garcia and Gilberto Hernandez for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Hernandez is now averaging an impressive 5.3 total tackles per game. Another thorn in Economedes' side was Ignacio Ramirez, who picked up two sacks and made seven total tackles.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Roma). They walked away with a 35-28 victory over Zapata on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gladiators.
Pace's win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-0. As for Roma, their victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-1.
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