Two dominant backs in Matthew Lizaola and Enrique Armas are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Central Spartans are taking a road trip to face off against the Holtville Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Central's defense has only allowed 12.3 points per game this season, so Holtville's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Imperial on Friday. They fell just short of the Tigers by a score of 10-7. The loss was the Spartans' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Holtville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They breezed past the Eagles to the tune of 54-6. The result was nothing new for the Vikings, who have now won four matchups by 25 points or more so far this season.
Holtville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Asael Miranda and Andre Gonzalez. Miranda has been hot, having also posted at least one defended passe the last seven times he's played. Gonzalez got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Having lost for the first time this season, Central fell to 6-1. As for Holtville, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
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