Plant City lost to Spoto back in October of 2014, but they didn't allow them the same satisfaction on Friday. The Plant City Raiders took their matchup on the road with ease, bagging a 61-24 victory over the Spoto Spartans. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Spartans are ranked 345th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chris Denson was a one-man wrecking crew for Plant City as he threw for 307 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. That's the most rushing yards Denson has posted since back in September of 2023. Plant City also got a significant boost from Tony Marshall, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 102 yards.
Another reason for the win was Plant City's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. Oscar Valdez was especially locked on to Spoto's QB and sacked him twice.
Despite the loss, Spoto still got an impressive performance from Nathan Richardson, who threw for 216 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 passes, and also rushed for 60 yards on only eight carries. Jesse Harden was Richardson's top target, picking up 114 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Plant City now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Spoto, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Plant City will be playing at home against Riverview at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Spoto, they will venture away from home to square off against King at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Spoto is facing King at the right time seeing as King is stuck on a three-game losing streak.
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