The Wilcox Chargers are taking a road trip to take on the Twelve Bridges Raging Rhinos at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Wilcox comes in on nine and Twelve Bridges on 13.
Wilcox is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. They came out on top against Palma by a score of 35-26. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Chargers considering their ten-point performance the contest before.
Wilcox found their leader in sophomore Elijah Vallejo, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns.
Wilcox didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Jeremiah Arevalos. Wilcox got some further help from Brayden Rosa: he made 19 total tackles.
Wilcox was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 311 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 194 rushing yards in eight consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Twelve Bridges humbled Patterson with a 55-7 victory. The Raging Rhinos might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by 35 points or more this season.
Twelve Bridges relied on the efforts of Braeden Ward, who rushed for 212 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, and Connor Flaherty, who threw for 183 yards and four touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Ward is on a roll when it comes to rushing touchdowns, as he's now punched in two or more in the last nine games he's played.
Wilcox's win bumped their record up to 11-2. As for Twelve Bridges, their victory bumped their record up to 13-0.
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