After each having a week off, the El Cerrito Gauchos and the Saint Mary's Panthers will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. El Cerrito is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.5 points per game this season.
El Cerrito's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when De La Salle offense got past them. El Cerrito lost 35-14 to De La Salle two weeks ago. That makes it the first time this season the Gauchos have let down their home crowd.
Although El Cerrito took the loss, they still got scores from Joezon Broussard and Jonathan Craft.
Meanwhile, Saint Mary's beat Kennedy 20-8 two weeks ago.
It was another big night for Wyatt Swanson, who rushed for 177 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards.
El Cerrito's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-1. As for Saint Mary's, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Saturday's matchup might be decided in the on the ground. El Cerrito has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 238.2 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Saint Mary's struggles in that department as they've been averaging 207.8. It's looking like Saturday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Everything came up roses for El Cerrito against Saint Mary's in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, as the squad secured a 56-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for El Cerrito since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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