Football Preview: Garden Grove Argonauts vs. Baldwin Park Braves
The Garden Grove Argonauts will play host again on Tuesday to welcome the Baldwin Park Braves, where kickoff is scheduled at 5:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Garden Grove's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Costa Mesa.
Meanwhile, Baldwin Park won against Pomona on Monday with 20 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. Baldwin Park enjoyed a cozy 20-6 victory over Nogales. Given the Braves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Nobles are ranked 598th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Baldwin Park can attribute much of their success to Courtney Lacy, who threw for 223 yards and three touchdowns. Lacy has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last nine times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Valeria Garcia, who picked up 63 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Garden Grove's win bumped their record up to 4-18. As for Baldwin Park, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5-1 record this season.
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