The Clovis North Broncos will take on the Clovis East Timberwolves at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Clovis North sitting on four straight wins and Clovis East on nine.
Last Friday, everything went Clovis North's way against Clovis West as Clovis North made off with a 31-9 victory. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Broncos just coasted through the last quarter.
One reason for the win was Clovis North's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ross Cinfel and Devin Alarcon, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Clovis East on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Buchanan out of the water with a 42-11 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-5.
Clovis East's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Tyus Miller, who threw for 257 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 80 yards on only seven carries. Blake Mathieu was Miller's top target, picking up 136 receiving yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 31 yards.
Clovis East was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 266 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Clovis North is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Clovis East, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Clovis North has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 195.6 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Clovis East struggles in that department as they've been averaging 195.4. It's looking like Friday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Clovis North didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Clovis East in their previous meeting back in November of 2023, but they still walked away with a 34-28 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Miller, who threw for 264 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 121 yards while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Clovis North still be able to contain Miller? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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