The Valencia Tigers will head out on the road to challenge the El Dorado Golden Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valencia is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Valencia ended up a good deal behind Esperanza and lost 45-28. The Tigers were down 42-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Valencia's loss came about despite a quality game from Adrian Hurtado, who threw for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, El Dorado had to suffer through a 42-10 loss at the hands of Tustin. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Tillers are ranked 54th).
Having lost for the first time this season, Valencia fell to 2-1. As for El Dorado, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-2.
Valencia was dealt a bruising 56-27 defeat at the hands of El Dorado in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Valencia, Nate Bento (who threw for 430 yards and five touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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