Football Preview: Tri-City Christian Eagles vs. Calipatria Hornets
Tri-City Christian has gone 4-0 against Calipatria recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Tri-City Christian Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Calipatria Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Tri-City Christian will face Calipatria after dropping another heartbreaker against Southwest SD on Friday, which marked the second time in a row the team's come within 3.1 3.1 points of beating them. Tri-City Christian and Southwest SD were almost perfectly matched up, but Tri-City Christian suffered a 34-33 loss. The Eagles have struggled against the Raiders recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Calipatria put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past O'Farrell Charter 56-14 on the road. The Hornets pushed the score to 42-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had little chance of recovering from.
Dominic Hawk had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 266 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 42 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Juan Perez was another key player, rushing for 105 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Perez wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Calipatria was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 483 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 301 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Calipatria's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB 11.5 times. Jaiden Lopez led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Oscar Lopez also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up two sacks and making four total tackles (0.5 for loss).
Having lost for the first time this season, Tri-City Christian fell to 2-1. As for Calipatria, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Everything came up roses for Tri-City Christian against Calipatria when the teams last played back in November of 2023 as the squad secured a 35-6 victory. In that match, Tri-City Christian amassed a halftime lead of 35-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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