Holtville hasn't had much luck against Calexico recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Holtville Vikings will look to defend their home field against the Calexico Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. Neither Holtville nor Calexico posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Holtville and Central met for a duel on Wednesday where Holtville had to take the L. Holtville took a 12-6 hit to the loss column at the hands of Central. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 435th, while the Spartans are ranked 212th).
Holtville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Emma Britschgi, Kadence Toten, and Lucia Magallanes picked up one apiece. Magallanes has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last four times she's played.
Meanwhile, a win for Calexico just wasn't in the cards on Wednesday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Vincent Memorial at home and fell 48-6. The game was over by the end of the first half, with no points scored by either team from that point forward.
This is the second loss in a row for Holtville and nudges their season record down to 3-15. As for Calexico, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Holtville took a serious blow against Calexico when the teams last played back in September, falling 44-6. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Calexico's Giovanna Ortiz, who threw for 435 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes. Now that Holtville 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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