The Fairfield Falcons will face off against the Lathrop Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Fairfield sitting on 11 straight wins and Lathrop on three.
Fairfield is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past El Camino 34-0. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won 14 games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lathrop and Wheatland met for a duel on Tuesday where Lathrop prevailed. Lathrop strolled past Wheatland with points to spare, taking the game 41-25. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 146th, while the Pirates are ranked 351st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lathrop found their leader in sophomore Faith Allen, who rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown, and also caught a touchdown. Those 65 rushing yards gave Allen a new career-high.
Allen was just one part of a punishing run game: Lathrop was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Lathrop didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Heiddy Camacho and Tianna Gonzalez.
Fairfield pushed their record up to 20-4 with the victory, which was their 11th straight at home. As for Lathrop, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-3 record this season.
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