The Heritage Patriots will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Alameda Hornets at 5:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Heritage: 13.6, Alameda: 12.4) so any points scored will be well earned.
Heritage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They managed an 18-13 victory over Liberty. The win was all the more spectacular given the Patriots' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Lions are ranked 18th).
The critical scores for Heritage came from Brooklyn Gugliemo, Emma Haynes, and Audrey Cavero.
Meanwhile, Alameda had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They snuck past the Falcons with a 20-14 victory.
Alameda is on a roll lately: they've won 18 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.2 points per game. As for Heritage, their record is now 16-9.
Heritage came up short against Alameda when the teams last played back in September, falling 22-16. Can Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
