If Central Valley was riding high fresh off their 42-21 takedown of Johansen last Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Central Valley Hawks lost to the Lathrop Spartans at home by a 31-12 margin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 415th, while the Spartans are ranked 137th).
Although Central Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Ruby Medina and Ayleen Apreza.
Central Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mia Mendoza and Madelyn Mastropierro. Mastropierro also snagged an interception, which is notable because Central Valley is 2-1 when she posts at least one interception, but 6-11 otherwise.
Lathrop's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Luz De Luna, who threw for 299 yards and five touchdowns. Aaliyah Thompson did her part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 43 receiving yards.
Central Valley's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-12. As for Lathrop, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-3 record this season.
Central Valley didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 43-20 defeat against Ceres on the 23rd. As for Lathrop, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 32-7 victory against Beyer on the 23rd.
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