The Rio Mesa Spartans will take on the Burbank Bulldogs at 12:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Rio Mesa will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Foothill Tech, who they had gone 1-7 against in their eight prior meetings. Rio Mesa wrapped up 2024 with a 49-35 win over Foothill Tech.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Burbank). They simply couldn't be stopped on Monday as they easily beat Sacred Heart of Jesus 59-32. The victory was nothing new for the Bulldogs as they're now sitting on three straight.
Rio Mesa's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-7. As for Burbank, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season.
Rio Mesa ended up a good deal behind Burbank in their previous matchup back in January of 2019, losing 51-32. Can Rio Mesa avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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