The Quartz Hill Royals will square off against the Lancaster Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Quartz Hill's defense has only allowed 15.1 points per game this season, so Lancaster's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Quartz Hill took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They breezed by Eastside at home to the tune of 32-0. The Royals' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Quartz Hill can attribute much of their success to Asia Finn, who gained 168 total yards and two touchdowns, and Enedina Sepulveda, who threw for 194 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80.6% of her passes.
Quartz Hill's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Yesenia Mitchell and Taylor Meece.
Meanwhile, Lancaster was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 26-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Knight. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 419th, while the Hawks are ranked 115th).
Quartz Hill's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Lancaster, their loss dropped their record down to 4-8.
Quartz Hill was able to grind out a solid victory over Lancaster in their previous meeting back in September, winning 27-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Quartz Hill since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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