Southwest has gone 4-0 against Cigarroa recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Southwest Dragons are taking a road trip to take on the Cigarroa Toros at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Southwest has nine straight victories, Cigarroa has 19 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Southwest's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Jay's usually-dominant defense. Southwest strolled past Jay with points to spare, taking the game 37-18.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Jah Mills and Nicholas Rios. Mills had a solid game and rushed for 167 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Rios was balling out in the loss, rushing for 100 yards on only 12 carries, while also catching a touchdown.
Southwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, a win for Cigarroa just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They took a blow against Martin, falling 39-7.
Southwest pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 36.9 points per game. As for Cigarroa, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
Everything came up roses for Southwest against Cigarroa in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 49-0 win. Does Southwest have another victory up their sleeve, or will Cigarroa turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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