The Rosary Academy Royals are taking a road trip to challenge the Northwood Timberwolves at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Rosary Academy is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Irvine: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Rosary Academy blew Irvine out of the water with a 35-6 final score. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten games by 21 points or more this season.
Bella Contreras was her usual excellent self, throwing for 318 yards and four touchdowns. Hannah Kelly was another key player, picking up 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Rosary Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Sophie Lickl, Leanna Gimenez, and Hayden Huerta picked up one apiece. Gimenez is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as she's now defended at least one in the last four games she's played.
Meanwhile, Northwood won against University on Friday with 32 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Monday. Northwood came out on top against Sage Hill by a score of 32-19. Given the Timberwolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Lightning are ranked 321st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rosary Academy is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. As for Northwood, they pushed their record up to 13-6 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Everything went Rosary Academy's way against Northwood in their previous matchup back in September, as Rosary Academy made off with a 41-19 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rosary Academy since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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