The Alisal Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the Carmel Padres at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Alisal is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 50 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Soquel on Friday. They lost 28-7 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 301st, while the Knights are ranked 60th).
Meanwhile, Carmel got their first taste of in-conference action on Friday and they started things off strong. They walked away with a 28-21 win over Hollister. The Padres haven't had any issues with the Haybalers recently, as the game was their third consecutive victory against them.
The win got Carmel back to even at 3-3. As for Alisal, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
Alisal couldn't quite finish off Carmel when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 37-34. Can the Trojans avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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