Football Preview: Aptos Mariners vs. Soquel Knights
The Aptos Mariners will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Soquel Knights at 6:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Aptos' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past Santa Cruz, posting a 31-0 win on the road. Considering the Mariners have won nine games by more than 20 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
The critical scores for Aptos came from Izzy Graff, Mia Sanchez, Jane Parry, Natasha Newcombe, and Ella Marta.
Aptos was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Aptos didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Leading the way was Marta and her an interception.
Meanwhile, Soquel didn't have too much trouble with Santa Cruz at home on October 2nd as they won 31-16.
Aptos has been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season. As for Soquel, the victory got them back to even at 1-1.
Aptos took their win against Soquel in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 31-8. Will Aptos repeat their success, or does Soquel have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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