It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Monrovia can now relate to. They took a 47-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Burbank Bulldogs. The Wildcats lost against the Bulldogs in their previous head to head back in August of 2018, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 45-12 score last time.
Despite the loss, Monrovia still got an impressive performance from Jesse Saucedo, who threw for 253 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt. Saucedo has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played.
Burbank found their leader in sophomore Deshawn Laporte, who threw for 237 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Monrovia's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3. As for Burbank, the win was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Monrovia does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Burbank, their road trip will continue as they head out to face Highland at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Burbank's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last seven matchups.
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