The Central Valley Hawks will challenge the Ceres Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Central Valley's defense has only allowed 11.5 points per game this season, so Ceres' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Central Valley is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Lathrop just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 19-12 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California flag football rankings (they are ranked 343rd, while the Spartans are ranked 168th).
Although Central Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Mekenzie Buenrostro and Ayleen Apreza.
Airieana Martinez
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Central Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Apreza and Airieana Martinez. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted at least one interception the last three times she's played.
Meanwhile, Ceres beat Beyer 24-15 on Monday. The Bulldogs haven't had any issues with the Patriots recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.
Central Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 14-8. As for Ceres, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 14-8.
Central Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Ceres when the teams last played back in September, sneaking past 31-28. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
