On Friday San Ysidro will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. After each having a week off, they and the Montgomery Aztecs will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 6:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
San Ysidro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 55-7 win over Rock Academy at home.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead San Ysidro to victory, but perhaps none more so than Dario Garcia, who rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry, and also threw for 135 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.9% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Garcia has posted since back in October of 2023. Sean Blazen was in the mix too, providing San Ysidro with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Ysidro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Montgomery posted their biggest victory since September 15, 2023 last Friday. They breezed by Canyon Hills at home to the tune of 42-7.
Montgomery's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Isaiah Mena-Malijan led the charge by throwing for 197 yards and four touchdowns on only 18 passes. Amio Fox helped Mena-Malijan out on the ground, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
San Ysidro's record is now 2-4. As for Montgomery, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
San Ysidro came up short against Montgomery in their previous meeting back in October of 2021, falling 14-7. Can San Ysidro avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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