Football Preview: Menlo-Atherton Bears vs. Wilcox Chargers
The Menlo-Atherton Bears will venture away from home to square off against the Wilcox Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Menlo-Atherton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 35-7 win over Monterey.
Menlo-Atherton's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Xander Eschelman, who threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes. Angelo Marin also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Meanwhile, Wilcox came tearing into Friday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.2 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Saints to the tune of 36-3. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Chargers just coasted through the last quarter.
Elijah Vallejo went supernova for Wilcox, rushing for 187 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. Vallejo's longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Wilcox was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 410 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2023.
Wilcox's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.3 points per game. As for Menlo-Atherton, their record is now 7-4.
Menlo-Atherton came up short against Wilcox in their previous meeting last Friday, falling 30-21. Can Menlo-Atherton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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