After each having a week off, the Baldwin Park Braves and the Alta Loma Braves will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Baldwin Park will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Baldwin Park's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave last Friday, when they got past El Monte's usually-dominant defense. Baldwin Park blew past El Monte 44-13 at home. The Braves pushed the score to 44-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Lions cut but never quite recovered from.
Jake Garcia continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 165 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Randle Tebo was in the mix as well, providing Baldwin Park with two touchdowns.
Baldwin Park's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB seven times. The heavy lifting was done by Mario Madrigal and Esteban Cortez, who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, a win is a win, as they say, even a pretty close 7-3 win over Claremont. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Braves.
Alta Loma found their leader in underclassman Izaih Brown, who rushed for 131 yards.
Baldwin Park's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Alta Loma, they pushed their record up to 3-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
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