On Thursday, South El Monte is packing up and heading on the road for the first time this season. They face off against Covina at 3:15 PM. South El Monte will be strutting in after a win while Covina will be stumbling in from a loss.
It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but South El Monte ultimately got the result it was hoping for last Thursday. They blew past Alhambra 29-0. The score was all tied up at the break, but South El Monte was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile,, Covina couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. Last week, they lost to Los Altos by a decisive 14-33 margin.
Covina's defeat took them down to 0-1 while South El Monte's victory pulled them up to write [team] current record. A win for Covina would reverse both their bad luck and South El Monte's good luck. We'll see if Covina manages to pull off that tough task or if South El Monte keeps their momentum going instead.
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