Football Recap: El Rancho Takes a Loss

After flying high against Whittier last Friday, El Rancho came back down to earth. The Dons lost to the El Segundo Eagles at home by a 35-18 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Dons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 399th, while the Eagles are ranked 195th).

Although El Rancho took the loss, they still got scores from Adrian Lopez and Joseph Ramirez.

While El Rancho came up short, they sure didn't make it easy for El Segundo: they limited their QB to completion percentage of just 50%. The team can thank Isaiah Sandoval for the heroic effort on defense: he. El Rancho hasn't an opponent to post a completion percentage of 0.58 or higher in four consecutive contests.

Ryan Wiacek produced another solid effort rushing for 205 yards and three scores on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 129 yards and a pair of touchdowns for El Segundo. Those 205 rushing yards gave Wiacek a new career-high.

El Rancho's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for El Segundo, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record up to 8-1.

Coming up, El Rancho will head out on the road to take on Santa Fe at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for El Segundo, they will welcome West at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The Eagles will need to watch out since the Warriors have now posted at least 31 points in their last three games.