The El Dorado Cougars will square off against the Liberty Ranch Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
El Dorado is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 42-0 victory over Galt on the road. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cougars considering their six-point performance the game before.
Jason Wilson was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. El Dorado is 2-1 when Wilson posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. Jesse Morales Beas was Wilson's top target, picking up 54 receiving yards and a touchdown, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Meanwhile, everything went Liberty Ranch's way against Argonaut on Friday as Liberty Ranch made off with a 50-27 win. The contest marked the Hawks' most dominant victory of the season.
It was another big night for Joseph Brown, who rushed for 188 yards and two touchdowns on only 13 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 54 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Wyatt Blevins, who threw for 129 yards and two touchdowns on only ten passes.
Liberty Ranch didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kobe Aguillen.
The win got El Dorado back to even at 3-3. As for Liberty Ranch, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
El Dorado was taken down by Liberty Ranch 44-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point El Dorado was down 23-0.
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