Football Preview: Eastwood Troopers vs. Socorro Bulldogs
Eastwood has gone 8-0 against Socorro recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Eastwood Troopers will welcome the Socorro Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Socorro is facing Eastwood at the wrong time: Eastwood suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They and the Aztecs were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 55-54 loss. The Troopers gained 187 more yards on the day, but it was the Aztecs that made the best use of them.
Despite the defeat, Eastwood got top-tier performance from Ethan Camacho-Williams, who threw for 186 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Another player making a difference was Jude Walker, who picked up 150 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Even though they lost, Eastwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Socorro). They took down Cathedral 37-19 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Eder Hernandez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 186 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Socorro wouldn't let Cathedral keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Socorro can thank Prince Vital and Roman Alvarado for forcing both of them. Alvarado is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Socorro got some further help from Matthew Avila: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Eastwood's loss dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Socorro, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2.
Everything came up roses for Eastwood against Socorro in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 63-7 win. Will Eastwood repeat their success, or does Socorro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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