After flying high against Alhambra last Thursday, Montebello came back down to earth. The Montebello Oilers were just a hair shy of victory on Wednesday and fell 13-12 to the Schurr Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Oilers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the Spartans are ranked 136th).
Despite the loss, Montebello still got an impressive performance from Sophia Marquez, who picked up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Marquez was no stranger to the big play, lighting up the secondary with a catch that went for 57 yards.
Montebello has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-13-1 record this season. As for Schurr, they pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season.
As of now, neither Montebello nor Schurr have any future games scheduled.
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