The matchup between Calexico and Brawley on Monday hardly resembled the 25-0 effort from their previous meeting. The Calexico Bulldogs managed a 33-27 victory over the Brawley Wildcats. Calexico's win was all the more impressive since the Wildcats were averaging only 12.04 points allowed on the season.
Calexico got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Giovanna Ortiz out in front who threw for 292 yards and five touchdowns. Ortiz is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as she's now passed for five or more in the last three games she's played. Lizbeth Ortiz was Giovanna's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Calexico has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Brawley, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-7.
Calexico will head out to square off against Southwest EC at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Southwest EC has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with seven straight defeats, while Calexico will come in with three straight wins. As for Brawley, a feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats dukes it out withImperial at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Brawley: 12, Imperial: 12.7) so any points scored will be well earned.
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