The Laguna Beach Breakers have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the El Dorado Golden Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Laguna Beach's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Gig Harbor at home to the tune of 41-0. The Breakers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 39 points or more this season.
Jackson Kollock continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 238 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 43 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Brady Stringham, who picked up 107 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Laguna Beach'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 Henry Rounaghi and Wyatt Degner.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Dorado). They blew past Valencia, posting a 42-12 win at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Golden Hawks considering their ten-point performance the matchup before.
El Dorado's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Grant Thomas led the charge by picking up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Justin Karg, who picked up 39 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
El Dorado wouldn't let Valencia keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. El Dorado can thank Blake Vinson and Cooper Larson for forcing both of them.
Laguna Beach's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for El Dorado, the win also got them back to even at 2-2.
Laguna Beach lost to El Dorado at home by a decisive 21-7 margin when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Thankfully for Laguna Beach, Nate Bento (who threw for 131 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 10-for-10passing, and also rushed for 42 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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