The Olympian Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Montgomery Aztecs at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Olympian strolled past Hilltop with points to spare, taking the game 28-13. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Jayden Fuentes looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 184 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 32 yards.
Another reason for the win was Olympian's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Josiah Rivera and Miguel Rivera, who racked up 5.5 sacks between them. Josiah is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season. Ryan Claybon was another major factor on D, picking up a sack and making 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Montgomery had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 45 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They snuck past the Barons with a 14-9 win.
The critical scores for Montgomery came from Jayden Cannon and Isaiah Mena-Malijan.
Montgomery didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of John Ingram and Raul Moreno. Montgomery got some further help from Viliamu Trollinger: he made 12 total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Olympian's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-5. As for Montgomery, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
Olympian was able to grind out a solid win over Montgomery in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, winning 22-13. Will Olympian repeat their success, or does Montgomery have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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