The Heritage Patriots will square off against the Petaluma Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Heritage has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while Petaluma will come in with 17 straight wins.
Heritage's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Liberty offense got past them. Heritage was outmatched by Liberty at home and fell 35-6. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 173rd, while the Lions are ranked 16th).
Meanwhile, after only 12 points in their last match, Petaluma made sure to put some points up on the board against Casa Grande on Monday. Petaluma blew past Casa Grande 32-6. That looming 32-6 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Trojans yet this season.
Petaluma's victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-0. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.4 points per game. As for Heritage, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-9.
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