The Garden Spot Spartans are taking a road trip to square off against the Solanco Golden Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Garden Spot is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.3 points per game this season.
Garden Spot will bounce into Friday's game after beating Manheim Central, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. Garden Spot strolled past Manheim Central with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 28-9. The score was all tied up 7-7 at the break, but the Spartans were the (much) better team in the second half.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Andrew Pemberton and he. Pemberton gained 64 total yards and two touchdowns while he gained 64 total yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Solanco). They blew past Fleetwood, posting a 55-10 victory at home. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Golden Mules with their most commanding win of the season.
Solanco's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Austin Jarabak, who rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, and also threw for 41 yards and a touchdown. Jarabak's longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Another back making a difference was Johnny Garcia, who rushed for 111 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Solanco was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 524 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in five consecutive matchups.
Solanco didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gabe Forren and Schneider Lenhart.
The victory got Garden Spot back to even at 4-4. As for Solanco, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5.
Garden Spot took their victory against Solanco in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 38-13. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garden Spot since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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