While Ceres has struggled on the road with six straight losses, that wasn't the case on Friday thanks to Manny Mendoza. The Ceres Bulldogs blew past the Beyer Patriots, posting a 28-0 win thanks in part to Mendoza, who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Mendoza was just one part of a punishing run game: Ceres was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That's a new trend for Ceres: they were averaging 47.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 154.3.
Ceres didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Nathaniel St Macias, Adrian Carrillo, and Tremod Karriem picked up one apiece.
Ceres has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Beyer, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-7.
Ceres will face off against Central Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ceres will be looking to keep their four-game home win streak alive. As for Beyer, they and Lathrop are set to duel on Friday. Lathrop will roll in looking for their seventh straight victory, something Beyer surely won't give up without a fight.
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