Football Preview: La Canada Spartans vs. Monrovia Wildcats
La Canada hasn't had much luck against Monrovia recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The La Canada Spartans will square off against the Monrovia Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. La Canada is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
La Canada is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat San Marino 46-14 at home. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 29-0.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, La Canada was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 247 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Monrovia took on South Pasadena on Thursday. Monrovia took a 36-27 hit to the loss column at the hands of South Pasadena.
Monrovia might have lost, but man, Jesse Saucedo was a machine: he threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt.
La Canada pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Monrovia, their loss dropped their record down to 6-2.
Thursday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. La Canada has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 204.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Monrovia struggles in that department as they've been averaging 290.9. It's looking like Thursday's match might have some serious battles in the trenches.
La Canada came up short against Monrovia when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 49-45. Can La Canada avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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