Football Game Preview: Menlo-Atherton Bears vs. Hillsdale FIGHTING KNIGHTS

By Team Reports Oct 27, 2024, 12:23am

Football Preview: Menlo-Atherton Bears vs. Hillsdale FIGHTING KNIGHTS

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The Menlo-Atherton Bears are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Hillsdale FIGHTING KNIGHTS at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Menlo-Atherton is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Terra Nova, posting a 40-7 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Hillsdale against Sequoia on Wednesday as the squad secured a 40-13 win. Considering the FIGHTING KNIGHTS have won four games by more than 26 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.

Lexi Carson had a dynamite game for Hillsdale, throwing for 271 yards and five touchdowns while completing 76.7% of her passes, and also punching in a rushing score.

Hillsdale didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Shelby Barron and Zoey Halaby.

Menlo-Atherton's victory bumped their record up to 4-10. As for Hillsdale, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-5.

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