After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Eastwood is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the El Dorado Aztecs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Eastwood beat Odessa 56-49.
Eastwood's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jayden Martinez led the charge by rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Martinez a new career-high in rushing yards. Another rusher making a difference was Nathan Chavira, who rushed for 107 yards and four touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Eastwood was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 340 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Odessa only rushed for 148.
Meanwhile, El Dorado put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They put the hurt on Montwood with a sharp 49-28 victory. Fans of the Aztecs have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Ryan Estrada had a dynamite game for El Dorado, rushing for 295 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 17.4 yards per carry. Estrada is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 104 every time he's taken the field this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Elijah Issa, who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
El Dorado wouldn't let Montwood keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. El Dorado can thank David Martinez and Adrian Olivas for forcing both of them.
Eastwood now has a winning record of 2-1. As for El Dorado, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Eastwood has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 282.3 passing yards per game. El Dorado, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 295.7 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Eastwood strolled past El Dorado in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 49-35. Will Eastwood 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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