Flag Football Recap: Central Valley's Winning Streak Snapped at Six Games

Hawks

Previous 5 Games

10/20/25 @ Lathrop	12-19
10/15/25 @ Johansen	24-0
10/13/25 vs Livingston	7-6
10/08/25 @ Beyer	12-6
10/06/25 vs Pacheco	25-19

Central Valley dropped down to 14-8 on Monday, ending the team's six-game streak of wins. They fell 19-12 to the Lathrop Spartans. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California flag football rankings (they are ranked 360th, while the Spartans are ranked 166th).

Although Central Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Mekenzie Buenrostro and Ayleen Apreza.

Central Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Apreza and Airieana Martinez. Martinez has been hot recently, having posted at least one interception the last three times she's played.

As for Lathrop, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.9 points on average over those games.

Lathrop's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was JaLeiyah Ray, who rushed for 70 yards on only five carries, and also caught one TD. Ray's longest rush was for an impressive 55 yards, which helps to explain her lofty yards per carry total.

Central Valley has already played their next contest, a 21-19 loss against Ceres on the 22nd. As for Lathrop, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 13-12 victory against Beyer on the 22nd.