The Monterey Trail Mustangs will take on the Elk Grove Thundering Herd at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Monterey Trail's last matchup with Pleasant Grove could've gone either way, but unfortunately the same can't be said for the pair's matchup on Thursday. The Mustangs had to suffer through a 41-12 loss at the hands of the Eagles. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Although Monterey Trail took the loss, they still got scores from Cianna Bounsavang and Dalis Blackshire.
Meanwhile, Elk Grove had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wolfpack an 18-0 shutout. Given the Thundering Herd's advantage in MaxPreps' California flag football rankings (they are ranked 145th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 429th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elk Grove's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kyleann Baird.
Monterey Trail's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-7. As for Elk Grove, their victory bumped their record up to 13-4.
Monterey Trail came up short against Elk Grove when the teams last played back in September, falling 26-20. Will the Mustangs have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other flag football content.
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