Holtville put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past the Vincent Memorial Scots 52-14 on the road. Fans of the Vikings have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Enrique Armas was his usual excellent self, rushing for 105 yards and two touchdowns. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 105 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Holtville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in 12 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Holtville's defense and their four sacks. Fernando Yurem was especially locked on to Vincent Memorial's QB and sacked him twice.
Although Vincent Memorial took the loss, they still got scores from Ricardo Vizcarra and Patricio Carranza.
Holtville pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Vincent Memorial, they moved to 6-2 with that defeat, which also ended their five-game winning streak.
Holtville will be playing in front of their home fans against Palo Verde Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Holtville's defense has only allowed 5.2 points per game this season, so Palo Verde Valley's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Vincent Memorial, they will venture away from home to challenge Calipatria at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Calipatria is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44 points per game this season.
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