The Cleveland Cavaliers are taking a road trip to challenge the Bell Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Cleveland really took it to Taft for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-14 win. Considering the Cavaliers have won three contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cleveland found their leader in sophomore Domenik Fuentes, who rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 97 yards and two touchdowns. Those 118 rushing yards gave Fuentes a new career-high. Brandon Maldonado was in the mix too, providing Cleveland with two touchdowns.
Fuentes was just one part of a punishing run game: Cleveland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 368 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Taft only rushed for 77.
Meanwhile, Bell waltzed into their matchup on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They enjoyed a cozy 42-26 victory over the Spartans.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Erick Stubbs and Noah Mancillas. Stubbs had a great game and rushed for 283 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Mancillas was balling out in the loss, rushing for 152 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
Bell is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.3 points per game. As for Cleveland, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Cleveland was able to grind out a solid victory over Bell when the teams last played back in August of 2018, winning 33-20. The rematch might be a little tougher for Cleveland since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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