Football Preview: Imperial Tigers vs. Vincent Memorial Scots
After two games on the road, Imperial is heading back home. They will host the Vincent Memorial Scots at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Imperial: 11.3, Vincent Memorial: 10.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
Imperial's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Calexico offense got past them. Imperial came up short against Calexico on Wednesday, falling 34-13. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Mirella Barron and Giovanna Ortiz. Ortiz had a great game and threw for 427 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.4% of her passes. Meanwhile, Barron was balling out in the loss, throwing for 230 yards and two touchdowns while completing 82.8% of her passes.
Imperial didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Maria Robles, Barron, and Clarissa Davila picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Vincent Memorial entered their tilt with Central on Monday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Spartans 52-6 on the road. The result was nothing new for the Scots, who have now won six games by 21 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Vincent Memorial's win came down to the chemistry between Azul Trujillo and her top target Jessica Manriquez. Trujillo threw for 246 yards and six touchdowns while completing 71.9% of her passes while Manriquez gained 162 total yards and seven touchdowns. With that strong performance, Manriquez is now averaging an impressive 2.2 receiving touchdowns per game.
Imperial's loss dropped their record down to 10-5. As for Vincent Memorial, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Imperial didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Vincent Memorial in their previous meeting back in September, but they still walked away with a 26-21 win. Will Imperial repeat their success, or does Vincent Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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