Football Preview: Covina Colts vs. Chaffey Tigers
Covina has enjoyed the comforts of home their last six games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Chaffey Tigers at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Covina is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 22-19 victory over San Marino. 22 seems to be a good number for the Colts as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
It was another big night for Raelene Cruz, who threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.3% of her passes, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in rushing yards.
Covina didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kennedy Porter and Isabell Ramirez.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Chaffey). They took down Westridge 31-12 on Saturday. Chaffey's victory was all the more impressive since Westridge was averaging only 12.38 points allowed on the season.
Covina's win bumped their record up to 7-8-1. As for Chaffey, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-12.
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