The Del Oro Golden Eagles will welcome the St. Mary's Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Del Oro's defense has only allowed 6.8 points per game this season, so St. Mary's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Del Oro is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Everything went their way against Atwater as Del Oro made off with a 26-6 victory. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 12 matches by 20 points or more this season.
Del Oro can attribute much of their success to Delaney Osborne, who threw for 242 yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Caelyn Campos, who gained 80 total yards and a touchdown.
Del Oro's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Maycee Kirby.
Meanwhile, St. Mary's game on Thursday was all tied up 8-8 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 15-8 win over Tokay. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Rams.
A big part of St. Mary's victory came down to the chemistry between Victory Bragg and her top target Presley DaCruz. Bragg threw for 310 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt while DaCruz picked up 80 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Bragg's passing production has been exceptional as that marked her fifth straight game with at least 310 passing yards.
St. Mary's didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of DaCruz and Ava Gonzales.
The win (which was Del Oro's fifth in a row) raised their record to 20-2. As for St. Mary's, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
