King City hasn't had much luck against Hollister recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The King City Mustangs will take on the Hollister Haybalers at 5:30 p.m. King City will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
King City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Everett Alvarez, posting a 45-6 win at home. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won ten games by 20 points or more so far this season.
A big part of King City's victory came down to the chemistry between Katia Slama and her top target Yesenia Rodriguez. Slama threw for 236 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.7% of her passes while Rodriguez picked up 99 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Slama is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as she's now passed for four or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Samantha Muniz, who picked up ten receiving yards and a touchdown.
King City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Muniz led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, after a string of six wins, Hollister's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell to Watsonville 26-20. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Haybalers came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Wildcatz are ranked 407th).
King City is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Hollister, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-5.
King City came up short against Hollister in their previous meeting back in September, falling 32-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hollister's Ava Garcia, who threw for 282 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.9% of her passes. Now that King City knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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