The Soquel Knights will square off against the Aptos Mariners at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On October 2nd, Soquel strolled past Santa Cruz with points to spare, taking the game 31-16.
Meanwhile, Aptos got themselves on the board against Santa Cruz on Wednesday, but Santa Cruz never followed suit. They breezed by the Cardinals on the road to the tune of 31-0. The result was nothing new for the Mariners, who have now won nine contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
The critical scores for Aptos came from Izzy Graff, Mia Sanchez, Jane Parry, Natasha Newcombe, and Ella Marta.
Aptos was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 212 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Aptos didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. Leading the way was Marta and her an interception.
The win got Soquel back to even at 1-1. As for Aptos, they have been performing well recently as they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-6 record this season.
Soquel suffered a grim 31-8 defeat to Aptos when the teams last played back in September. Can Soquel avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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