Football Preview: Coronado Islanders vs. Holtville Vikings
The Coronado Islanders will challenge the Holtville Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Coronado sitting on three straight victories and Holtville on 13 (dating back to last season).
Coronado is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 51-8 win over Mar Vista at home. With the Islanders ahead 36-8 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Rodolfo Sanchez had a dynamite game for Coronado, rushing for 62 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 116 yards on only ten passes. That's the most rushing yards Sanchez has posted since back in August of 2023. Coltyn Dickerson was another key player, rushing for 50 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Coronado was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Holtville humbled Lake Mead Christian Academy with a 46-7 victory. Fans of the Vikings have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Enrique Armas was his usual excellent self, rushing for 190 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.9 yards per carry.
Coronado now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Holtville, they pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
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