The Calexico Bulldogs are taking a road trip to take on the Montgomery Aztecs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Calexico's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took down Vincent Memorial 14-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Andre Lopez was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns. He has become a key player for Calexico: the team is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 3-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, Montgomery had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. Everything went their way against the Lancers as they made off with a 35-10 win. The result was nothing new for the Aztecs, who have now won three matches by 25 points or more so far this season.
A big part of Montgomery's victory came down to the chemistry between Isaiah Mena-Malijan and his top target Zantez Thomas. Mena-Malijan threw for 271 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes while Thomas picked up 131 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Thomas really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 75 yards.
Calexico's win bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Montgomery, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-3.
Everything came up roses for Calexico against Montgomery in their previous meeting back in September of 2014, as the squad secured a 35-0 win. Will Calexico repeat their success, or does Montgomery have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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