Football Preview: El Dorado Cougars vs. Bradshaw Christian The Pride
El Dorado is 0-5 against Bradshaw Christian since October of 2018 but things could change on Friday. The El Dorado Cougars will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bradshaw Christian The Pride at 7:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
El Dorado is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Argonaut on Friday as El Dorado made off with a 27-7 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Cougars.
Tyler Villa and Jason Wilson were among the main playmakers for El Dorado as the former gained 156 total yards and the latter threw for 168 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Wilson a new career-high in rushing yards.
El Dorado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 205 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
El Dorado's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Grant Raffetto and Jack Tilman.
Meanwhile, Bradshaw Christian put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Galt at home to the tune of 62-0. That looming 62-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the The Pride yet this season.
Bradshaw Christian got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Nathan Zeppieri out in front who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also picked up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Ethan Rickert, who threw for 175 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
The win got El Dorado back to even at 2-2. As for Bradshaw Christian, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
El Dorado was dealt a bruising 53-7 defeat at the hands of Bradshaw Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bradshaw Christian's Mateo Mojica, who rushed for 201 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry. Now that El Dorado knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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