The Lathrop Spartans's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Pacheco Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Lathrop's defense has only allowed 10.2 points per game this season, so Pacheco's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Lathrop's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Central Valley 33-0 at home. Considering the Spartans have won five matchups by more than 25 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Luz De Luna went supernova for Lathrop, throwing for 256 yards and five touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave De Luna a new career-high in rushing yards. Faith Allen was De Luna's top target, picking up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Lathrop's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Dayanna Martinez, Heiddy Camacho, and Tianna Gonzalez picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 42 points the game before, Pacheco was a bit more limited in their game on Monday. They were outmatched by Livingston at home and fell 49-6. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Wolves are ranked 25th).
Lathrop has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. As for Pacheco, their defeat dropped their record down to 9-8.
Everything went Lathrop's way against Pacheco in their previous meeting back in September, as Lathrop made off with a 26-0 win. Will Lathrop repeat their success, or does Pacheco have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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