Football Preview: Monterey Trail Mustangs vs. Pleasant Grove Eagles
The Monterey Trail Mustangs will face off against the Pleasant Grove Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Monterey Trail is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 27-7 margin over Laguna Creek on Tuesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Mustangs with their most commanding win of the season.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.3 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. They blew past the Wildcats 39-13. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won nine games by 20 points or more so far this season.
Kate Myers was her usual excellent self, rushing for 147 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 154 yards and three touchdowns. Her longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards. Lillie Alikhan got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Monterey Trail's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Pleasant Grove, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2 record this season.
Monterey Trail was taken down by Pleasant Grove 39-6 in their previous meeting back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Myers, who rushed for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries, and also threw for 166 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Monterey Trail knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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