Socorro is 0-8 against Eastwood since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Socorro Bulldogs will challenge the Eastwood Troopers at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Socorro focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Socorro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Cathedral 37-19. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Eder Hernandez was his usual excellent self, rushing for 186 yards and four touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Socorro was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 243 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 163 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Socorro wouldn't let Cathedral keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Socorro can thank Prince Vital and Roman Alvarado for forcing both of them. Alvarado is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made seven or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Socorro got some further help from Matthew Avila: he picked up 1.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Eastwood entered their game against El Dorado on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Eastwood and El Dorado were almost perfectly matched up, but Eastwood suffered a 55-54 loss. The Troopers gained 187 more yards on the day, but it was the Aztecs that made the best use of them.
Eastwood might have lost, but man, Ethan Camacho-Williams was a machine: he threw for 186 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Jude Walker was in the mix too, providing Eastwood with two touchdowns.
Socorro's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-2. As for Eastwood, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 2-2.
Socorro took a serious blow against Eastwood when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 63-7. Thankfully for Socorro, Evan Minjarez (who threw for 273 yards and five touchdowns while completing 82.4% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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