The Springstead Eagles will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Cypress Creek Coyotes at 7:30 p.m. Springstead knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three contests -- so hopefully Cypress Creek likes a good challenge.
If Springstead beats Cypress Creek with 51 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Springstead blew past Hernando, posting a 51-14 victory on the road. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Leopards are ranked 381st), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Springstead to victory, but perhaps none more so than Gio Martinez, who threw for 229 yards and three touchdowns while completing 88.9% of his passes. Connor Mccazzio helped Martinez out on the ground, picking up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 61 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Springstead's defense and their five sacks. Jadon Jaimes was especially locked on to Hernando's QB and sacked him three times. The dominant performance also gave Jaimes a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Cypress Creek was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 26-19 hit to the loss column at the hands of Fivay. One positive for the Coyotes , at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.
Springstead's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Cypress Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything came up roses for Springstead against Cypress Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2018 as the squad secured a 54-7 victory. Does Springstead have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cypress Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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