The Pleasant Grove Eagles will head out on the road to take on the Laguna Creek Cardinals at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Grove will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Pleasant Grove's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Tuesday, when they got past Cosumnes Oaks' usually-dominant defense. Everything went Pleasant Grove's way against Cosumnes Oaks as Pleasant Grove made off with a 33-13 victory. Considering the Eagles have won six games by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Kate Myers was her usual excellent self, throwing for 188 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.7% of her passes, and also rushing for 68 yards on only five carries. Sierra Giacomini was in the mix too, providing Pleasant Grove with two touchdowns.
Pleasant Grove's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. Giacomini led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Laguna Creek, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Tuesday. They walked away with a 13-6 win over Cosumnes Oaks on Thursday.
Pleasant Grove's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2. As for Laguna Creek, their record is now 5-9.
Everything went Pleasant Grove's way against Laguna Creek in their previous matchup back in September, as Pleasant Grove made off with a 27-6 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pleasant Grove since the squad 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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