The Alisal Trojans will be playing at home against the King City Mustangs at 6:15 p.m. on Monday. Alisal knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matches -- so hopefully King City likes a good challenge.
King City is facing Alisal at the wrong time: Alisal suffered their first home loss of the season on Wednesday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 36-31 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Cowboys. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 297th, while the Cowboys are ranked 140th).
Meanwhile, King City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell just short of Watsonville by a score of 18-16. The matchup marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Samantha Muniz, who picked up 88 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Alisal's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for King City, their loss dropped their record down to 11-5.
Alisal was dealt a bruising 44-0 defeat at the hands of King City when the teams last played back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of King City's Katia Slama, who threw for 183 yards and five touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes, and also rushed for 52 yards and a touchdown. Now that Alisal knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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