Avenal is 1-7 against Mendota since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Avenal Buccaneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Mendota Aztecs at 7:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Avenal is headed into Friday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 42-14 loss at the hands of Firebaugh.
Meanwhile, Mendota managed to keep up with Coalinga until halftime on Friday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Mendota came up short against Coalinga, falling 38-14. While losing is never fun, the Aztecs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 601st, while the Horned Toads are ranked 290th).
Although Mendota took the loss, they still got scores from Jose Quinteros and Ryan Preciado.
Avenal's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Mendota, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-3.
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