The Encinal Jets will challenge the Alameda Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Encinal sitting on 11 straight wins and Alameda on three.
Encinal can't be too worried about heading out to take on Alameda: they just beat Castro Valley at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Encinal enjoyed a cozy 48-34 victory over Castro Valley on Wednesday. Given the Jets' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 109th, while the Trojans are ranked 231st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Alameda duked it out withBerkeley. in a bug-themed battle on Wednesday. Everything went Alameda's way against Berkeley as Alameda made off with a 33-12 win. Considering the Hornets have won 12 games by more than 19 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Alameda didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Ella Hoang, Leaira Robinson, Zalayah Cobarruviaz, and Elsa Chin picked up one apiece.
Encinal's victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-1. As for Alameda, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season.
Encinal strolled past Alameda in their previous matchup last Tuesday by a score of 36-20. Will Encinal repeat their success, or does Alameda have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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