On Friday Sickles will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Spoto Spartans at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Sickles focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up five on Friday.
Sickles will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They were dealt an 82-0 defeat at the hands of Plant. Considering the last time the Gryphons couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Spoto didn't have quite enough to beat East Bay on Friday and fell 34-32. The Spartans haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the loss, Spoto had strong showings from Nathan Richardson, who threw for 206 yards and three touchdowns, and Jaedyn Cartwright, who rushed for 154 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Cartwright a new career-high in rushing yards. 80 of Richardson's passing yards were hauled in by Z'Orey Cotton, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Spoto wouldn't let East Bay keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Spoto can thank Xavier Ortiz and Nasir Foster for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Foster is now averaging an impressive 5.1 total tackles per game.
Sickles' defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Spoto, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
Sickles took their victory against Spoto in their previous matchup back in August of 2019 by a conclusive 33-7. Does Sickles have another victory up their sleeve, or will Spoto turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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