Football Preview: Monrovia Wildcats vs. San Marino Titans
Monrovia has gone 7-2 against San Marino recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Monrovia Wildcats will be playing in front of their home fans against the San Marino Titans at 7:00 p.m.
San Marino is facing Monrovia at the wrong time: Monrovia suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were dealt a 42-14 loss at the hands of the Saints. The match marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask San Marino). They claimed a resounding 58-0 win over Centennial at home. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Titans had established a 51 point advantage.
Julian Solis went supernova for San Marino, rushing for 102 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. The dominant performance gave Solis a new career-high in rushing yards. Another big playmaker for San Marino was Chase Mena, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Marino was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to San Marino's defense and their four sacks. Andrew Alcala was especially locked on to Centennial's QB and sacked him twice.
The defeat snapped Monrovia's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record. As for San Marino, they pushed their record up to 3-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Monrovia didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against San Marino in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 29-24 win. Will Monrovia repeat their success, or does San Marino have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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