El Dorado is 0-3 against Esperanza since September of 2023 but things could change on Wednesday. The El Dorado Golden Hawks will square off against the Esperanza Aztecs at 7:00 p.m.
El Dorado's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Crean Lutheran on Monday. They took a 7-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Saints. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 228th, while the Saints are ranked 74th).
Meanwhile, Esperanza didn't have too much trouble with Foothill on the road on Wednesday as they won 26-12. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Aztecs.
Ellie Frazier went supernova for Esperanza, rushing for 124 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 132 yards and two touchdowns. Those 124 rushing yards gave Frazier a new career-high. Emma Gribben did her part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 84 receiving yards.
Esperanza didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Charley Duran, Juliette Beltran, and Julia Ireland picked up one apiece.
This is the second loss in a row for El Dorado and nudges their season record down to 6-11. As for Esperanza, their win bumped their record up to 13-10.
El Dorado and Esperanza were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but El Dorado came up empty-handed after a 19-18 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Frazier, who threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76% of her passes, and also rushed for 78 yards on only 11 carries. Now that El Dorado 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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