Pebble Hills and Eastlake are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2018, but not for long. The Pebble Hills Spartans will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Eastlake Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Last Thursday, everything came up roses for Pebble Hills against Socorro as the team secured a 55-26 win. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 29 points or more this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Zereian Quarles and Eder Hernandez. Quarles had a great game and rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Hernandez was balling out in the loss, rushing for 133 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries.
Pebble Hills didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Arturo Guevara and Calvin Lockwood. Pebble Hills got some further help from Dorian Jaramillo: he picked up a sack and made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Pebble Hills was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 171 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Eastlake hadn't done well against Franklin recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Eastlake came out on top against Franklin by a score of 21-14.
It was another big night for Luke Lomeli, who threw for 174 yards and three touchdowns. Eastlake also got a significant boost from Steven Galindo, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 121 yards.
Pebble Hills has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Eastlake, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 5-3.
Pebble Hills beat Eastlake 31-21 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Galindo, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 32 receiving yards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pebble Hills still be able to contain Galindo? There's only one way to find out.
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