The Palmer Terrors will face off against the Sand Creek Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Sand Creek is facing Palmer at the wrong time: Palmer suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They came up short against the Lancers, falling 29-8. The defeat continues a trend for the Terrors in their matchups with the Lancers: they've now lost three in a row.
Palmer's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Ryan Vigil and Julian Horsey.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sand Creek). They blew past Widefield 51-17 on the road on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Scorpions.
Sand Creek found their leader in underclassman Ethan Mangrum, who rushed for 210 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 33 yards and a touchdown. Those 210 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Mangrum. Another player making a difference was Achilles Evans, who rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Sand Creek was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 414 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 292 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Sand Creek wouldn't let Widefield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Sand Creek can thank Gavin Nielson and Mangrum for forcing both of them.
Palmer's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Sand Creek, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Palmer came up short against Sand Creek when the teams last played back in August of 2023, falling 20-12. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sand Creek's Elijah Brotherns, who rushed for 96 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also picked up 102 receiving yards. Now that Palmer knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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