After four games on the road, Eastlake is heading back home. It'll be Battle of the Birds when the Eastlake Falcons face off against the Canutillo Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.. Eastlake's defense has only allowed 28.3 points per game this season, so Canutillo's offense will have their work cut out for them.
While Eastlake didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-20), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They took down Mountain View 40-23 on Saturday. The Falcons pushed the score to 32-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lobos cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canutillo). They came out on top against Coronado by a score of 35-23 on Tuesday.
Canutillo's win bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Eastlake, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Eastlake suffered a grim 49-27 defeat to Canutillo in their previous matchup back in November of 2022. Thankfully for Eastlake, Kimberly Cruz (who went 9 for 18 en route to 20 points plus five assists and four steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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