Golden Valley hasn't had much luck against El Capitan recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Golden Valley Cougars will be playing at home against the El Capitan Gauchos at 7:00 p.m. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: CJ Giamona and Ariel Ochoa.
Golden Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against Atwater on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 38-0 loss at the hands of the Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while the Falcons are ranked 60th).
Meanwhile, El Capitan entered their tilt with Merced on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They strolled past the Bears with points to spare, taking the game 34-19.
El Capitan's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Ochoa, who threw for 280 yards and five touchdowns while completing 81% of her passes. Ochoa has been hot recently, having posted four or more passing touchdowns the last three times she's played. Avnoor Bains was Ochoa's top target, picking up 112 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Golden Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for El Capitan, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-6 record this season.
Golden Valley was taken down by El Capitan 43-6 when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ochoa, who threw for 386 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.8% of her passes. Now that Golden Valley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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