Football Preview: Baldwin Park Braves vs. Colton Yellowjackets
Two dominant signal callers in Jake Garcia and Koa Regalado are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Baldwin Park Braves will be playing in front of their home fans against the Colton Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Baldwin Park's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Northview last Thursday. They were dealt a 28-0 loss at the hands of the Vikings. The Braves have struggled against the Vikings recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Colton). They blew past Notre Dame 62-6 on Friday. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-6.
Colton found their leader in sophomore Regalado, who threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown. Regalado has been hot , having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last six times he's played. Another player making a difference was Damian Sanchez, who rushed for 83 yards and two touchdowns.
Colton wouldn't let Notre Dame keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Joseph Ayala, Ethan Moreno, and Michael Perez picked up one apiece.
The win (which was Colton's seventh in a row) raised their record to 8-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.4 points per game. As for Baldwin Park, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5.
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