The Enochs Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Merced Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 50-20, which was the final score in Enochs' tilt against East Union two weeks ago.
Enochs might have lost, but man, Eric Myles was a machine: he rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 54 receiving yards and a touchdown. Myles was no stranger to the big play, taking off on a dash that went for 50 yards. Kaedon Kopp also played a phenomenal game despite the final result: he picked up 94 receiving yards.
Enochs' 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 Isaiah Maxey and Caden Barnwell. Another thorn in East Union's side was Landon Johnson, who picked up a sack and made nine total tackles.
Meanwhile, Merced came up short against Madera on Friday and fell 48-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on September 6th (34), the Bears still had to take the loss.
Merced's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Quintell Dupree, who threw for 266 yards and four touchdowns, and Jeremy Garcia, who picked up 133 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Enochs' defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Merced, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3.
Enochs was taken down by Merced 70-35 when the teams last played back in September of 2014. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Enochs was down 56-21.
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