Football Preview: Pacheco Panthers vs. Lathrop Spartans
The Pacheco Panthers will challenge the Lathrop Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Pacheco is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Pacheco is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Livingston on Monday. They were beaten by the Wolves 49-6. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Wolves are ranked 25th).
Lathrop never got on the board in their matchup last Monday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against Central Valley last Wednesday. They blew past the Hawks 33-0 at home. Considering the Spartans have won five matches by more than 25 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Luz De Luna had a dynamite game for Lathrop, throwing for 256 yards and five touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave De Luna a new career-high in rushing yards. Faith Allen was De Luna's top target, picking up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lathrop's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Dayanna Martinez, Heiddy Camacho, and Tianna Gonzalez picked up one apiece.
Pacheco's defeat dropped their record down to 9-8. As for Lathrop, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season.
Pacheco suffered a grim 26-0 defeat to Lathrop in their previous matchup back in September. Can Pacheco avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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