It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Spring Creek Spartans can now relate to. They were beaten by Truckee 43-6 on Saturday. Spring Creek has not had much luck with Truckee recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Jon Crawford-Wadley and Aaron Santos certainly did their best on Saturday to try and avoid the loss. Crawford-Wadley picked up 117 receiving yards and a touchdown, while Santos threw for 131 yards and a touchdown while completing 92.3% of his passes.
Truckee got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Jace Estabrook out in front who threw for 180 yards and two touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes. Joe Birnbaum was another key contributor, rushing for 123 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
Spring Creek now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Truckee, the win for they keeps them at an undefeated 12-0.
Spring Creek does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Truckee will be playing in front of their home fans against Moapa Valley at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Moapa Valley is also coming in off of a big victory, so somebody is in for a big reversal of fortune.
