Football Preview: Central Spartans vs. Calexico Bulldogs
The Central Spartans will head out to square off against the Calexico Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Central hasn't scored more than 12 points for six games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
Central and Holtville met for a duel on Wednesday where Central prevailed. Central beat Holtville by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 12-6. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Vikings are ranked 438th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after only six points in their last matchup, Calexico made sure to put some points up on the board against Holtville on Monday. Calexico blew past Holtville 34-0 on the road. The Bulldogs might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by 21 points or more this season.
Central's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-9. As for Calexico, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season.
Central was dealt a bruising 45-12 loss at the hands of Calexico in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Calexico's Giovanna Ortiz, who threw for 473 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per attempt. Now that Central knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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