Esperanza has gone 3-0 against El Dorado recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Wednesday. The Esperanza Aztecs will look to defend their home field against the El Dorado Golden Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Esperanza will be strutting in after a win while El Dorado will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Wednesday, Esperanza didn't have too much trouble with Foothill on the road as they won 26-12. Given the Aztecs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Knights are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ellie Frazier was a one-man wrecking crew for Esperanza as she rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 132 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Frazier a new career-high in rushing yards. Emma Gribben did her part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 84 receiving yards.
Esperanza didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Charley Duran, Juliette Beltran, and Julia Ireland picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for El Dorado's offense. They fell 7-0 to Crean Lutheran on Monday. The Golden Hawks have struggled against the Saints recently, as their game on Monday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The victory made it two in a row for Esperanza and bumps their season record up to 13-10. As for El Dorado, their loss dropped their record down to 6-11.
Esperanza won a match that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup two weeks ago, slipping by El Dorado 19-18. Will Esperanza repeat their success, or does El Dorado have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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