The Esperanza Aztecs will venture away from home to face off against the Garden Grove Argonauts at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Esperanza will be strutting in after a win while Garden Grove will be coming in after a loss.
Esperanza took a loss when they played away from home last Friday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 14-7 victory over Peninsula.
Travis Frazier was his usual excellent self, throwing for 272 yards and two touchdowns while completing 74.2% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Garden Grove was not able to break out of their rough patch last Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They fell just short of University by a score of 24-21. Despite 156 more yards than the Trojans, the Argonauts couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Garden Grove might have lost, but man, Quentin Pacelli was a machine: he rushed for 247 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Garden Grove was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 322 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Garden Grove's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Evan Torres and Jose Fernandez.
Esperanza pushed their record up to 3-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Garden Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
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