It'll be a Battle of the Bugs Hornets challenges the Berkeley Yellowjackets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Alameda's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Mt. Eden 27-0. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Monarchs are ranked 579th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Alameda came from Leaira Robinson, Zalayah Cobarruviaz, and Lei'Yan Molina.
Meanwhile, Berkeley had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They blew past the Farmers, posting a 40-6 win.
Alameda is on a roll lately: they've won 14 of their last 15 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. As for Berkeley, they pushed their record up to 11-11 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Alameda was able to grind out a solid win over Berkeley in their previous matchup on October 10th, winning 32-25. Will Alameda repeat their success, or does Berkeley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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