Hollister is on a seven-game streak of home wins, while King City is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hollister Haybalers will square off against the King City Mustangs at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Hollister: 9.1, King City: 13.3) so any points scored will be well earned.
Hollister is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Watsonville just ended the team's six-game winning streak on Monday. They took a 26-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcatz. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Haybalers came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Wildcatz are ranked 407th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask King City). They blew past Everett Alvarez, posting a 45-6 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won ten games by 20 points or more so far this season.
A big part of King City's win came down to the chemistry between Katia Slama and her top target Yesenia Rodriguez. Slama threw for 236 yards and six touchdowns while completing 86.7% of her passes while Rodriguez picked up 99 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Slama is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as she's now passed for four or more in the last six games she's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Samantha Muniz, who picked up ten receiving yards and a touchdown.
King City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Muniz led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by herself. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in rushing yards.
Hollister's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-5. As for King City, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season.
Hollister was able to grind out a solid victory over King City in their previous matchup back in September, winning 32-19. Does Hollister have another victory up their sleeve, or will King City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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