The Eureka Vandals will challenge the El Capitan Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Eureka will be strutting in after a win while El Capitan will be coming in after a defeat.
Eureka will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any points last Friday, then bounced right back against Wells on Thursday. Eureka breezed by Wells on the road to the tune of 52-20. With the Vandals ahead 30-8 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 36 points the game before, El Capitan was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They had to suffer through a 42-8 loss at the hands of Bagdad.
Even if they lost, El Capitan's defensive line still kept up the pressure with 6.5 sacks. Marion Hammon was especially locked on to Bagdad's QB and sacked him 4.5 times. Hammon didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 4.5 sacks, forced a fumble, and made five total tackles.
Eureka pushed their record up to 2-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. As for El Capitan, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
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