WSL Athletics Week 8 Review & Week 9 Preview: “Mendota rolls past Firebaugh to reclaim The Highway 33 Plaque snapping two year losing streak.”

Mendota opened WSL play on Oct. 4^th with cross-county rivals Dos Palos meanwhile Tranquillity hosted Firebaugh to open WSL Play. In the end Firebaugh took care of business 34-6 while Mendota was hit hard with a 36-6 loss as Dos Palos QB Trent Calvert threw for 4 Touchdowns with 2 of them directed at WR Zane Merrill. It would set up the scene in Firebaugh in the 18^th meeting of “The Battle of 33” in which Mendota led the series 10-7. But Firebaugh has won the last two previous meetings outscoring Mendota 68-29. Mendota has had a rough season and came into the this game (1-5) while Firebaugh was coming in with a two game win streak in which they’ve outscored their opponents 90-13. At the half it was Mendota 14-7 and have seem to have at the time gained momentum on slowing down the Eagles aerial scheme, But well Mendota also has had a history of having leads but unfortunately would somehow give up the lead and lose the game. When they were leading by 14 against McLane entering the 4^th Quarter but McLane somehow managed to tie the game forcing overtime and on their first possession would win the game 48-42. But this time Mendota would come back into the 2^nd half at Eagles Stadium fast and furious, And with an overwhelming defensive front put up by Mendota they only gave up a touchdown the entire rest of the game. Mendota’s offense performance was nothing close to dominant scoring 28 points the 2^nd half leading them to a 42-14 victory over their heated rivals north of Highway 33. Mendota will look to add another win in the books this week as they host Avenal in their 1^st to last home game of the year. Firebaugh will travel to Merced County and look to even up the WSL Title race with a win and if Dos Palos were to win then well the Broncos would gain a huge advantage with just under 3 weeks left in the regular season.

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