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Mt. Pleasant Independence

Cardinals

76ers

The Independence (San Jose, CA) varsity football team won Thursday's home conference game against Mt. Pleasant (San Jose, CA) by a score of 25-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Pleasant	-	-	-	-	20
Independence	-	-	-	-	25

Final score provided by J. Braun.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Independence (25-26)

Mt. Pleasant

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	14	31	146	.452	10.4	2	1	20	67.4
5	Victor Ekwuru (Sr)	14	31	146	.452	10.4	2	1	20	67.4

Independence

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	2	4	21	.500	10.5	0	0		65.6
5	G. Randhawa (Jr)	2	4	21	.500	10.5	0	0		65.6

Mt. Pleasant

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	15	92	6.1	56	1
2	FNU Shaf (Sr)	11	82	7.5	56	1
5	Victor Ekwuru (Sr)	4	10	2.5	5	0

Independence

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg
	Team Totals	15	124	8.3
1	Alex Aspiras (Sr)	5	21	4.2
5	G. Randhawa (Jr)	7	73	10.4
12	Chase Pagaduan (So)	3	30	10.0

Mt. Pleasant

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	14	146	10.4	20	2
2	FNU Shaf (Sr)	1	11	11.0	11	0
4	Brycen Sessions (So)	4	41	10.3	19	0
6	Brian Ayala (So)	1	15	15.0	15
7	Andrew Tafoya (Sr)	5	42	8.4	15	1
11	Joseph Carrillo (Sr)	3	37	12.3	20	1

Independence

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	1	9	9.0		0
9	Jessiah Ameral (Jr)	1	9	9.0		0

Mt. Pleasant

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	92	146	238
2	FNU Shaf (Sr)	82	11	93
4	Brycen Sessions (So)	0	41	41
5	Victor Ekwuru (Sr)	10	0	10
6	Brian Ayala (So)		15	15
7	Andrew Tafoya (Sr)	0	42	42
11	Joseph Carrillo (Sr)	0	37	37

Independence

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	124	9	133
1	Alex Aspiras (Sr)	21	0	21
5	G. Randhawa (Jr)	73	0	73
9	Jessiah Ameral (Jr)	0	9	9
12	Chase Pagaduan (So)	30	0	30

Mt. Pleasant

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	92	146	146	238
2	FNU Shaf (Sr)	82	0	11	93
4	Brycen Sessions (So)	0	0	41	41
5	Victor Ekwuru (Sr)	10	146	0	156
6	Brian Ayala (So)			15	15
7	Andrew Tafoya (Sr)	0	0	42	42
11	Joseph Carrillo (Sr)	0	0	37	37

Independence

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	124	21	9	145
1	Alex Aspiras (Sr)	21	0	0	21
5	G. Randhawa (Jr)	73	21	0	94
9	Jessiah Ameral (Jr)	0	0	9	9
12	Chase Pagaduan (So)	30	0	0	30

Mt. Pleasant

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	25	25	1.0
6	Brian Ayala (So)	4	4
9	Davyn Bartice (Jr)	1	1
12	Josthin Melchor (Jr)	3	3
25	FNU Hasibullah (So)	4	4

Tackles

Independence has not entered any tackles stats.

Mt. Pleasant

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus	Blk Pnts	Blk FGs
	Team Totals	0			1
6	Brian Ayala (So)				1

Defensive Statistics

Independence has not entered any defensive statistics stats.

Mt. Pleasant

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts
	Team Totals	2	12
7	Andrew Tafoya (Sr)	1	6
11	Joseph Carrillo (Sr)	1	6

Independence

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	S	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals					1
42	Mateo Torres (Jr)					1

PATs and Field Goals

Mt. Pleasant has not entered any pats and field goals stats.

Independence

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0	0	0			1
42	Mateo Torres (Jr)	1	1	1.0	0	0			1

Mt. Pleasant

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	2	2
2	FNU Shaf (Sr)	1	0
7	Andrew Tafoya (Sr)	0	1	1
11	Joseph Carrillo (Sr)	0	1	1

Touchdowns

Independence has not entered any touchdowns stats.

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Game Story

California High School Football - Mt. Pleasant nudged by Independence

October 16, 2025: San Jose, CA 95133

In Thursday's league game, the Independence 76ers (San Jose, CA) football team edged the visiting Mt. Pleasant Cardinals (San Jose, CA), by a tally of 25-20.

In their next game, the 76ers battle the James Lick Comets (San Jose, CA) in a West Valley outing, on Friday, October 24. Independence will attempt to move on its 3-4 season record. The Comets come into the outing with a 1-6 record after their 31-0 league loss to San Jose (San Jose, CA).

With the defeat, Mt. Pleasant drops to 1-5 on the campaign. The Cardinals host Yerba Buena (San Jose, CA) to clash with the Aztec Warriors in a West Valley outing on Friday, October 24. The Aztec Warriors come into the outing with a record of 4-3. Yerba Buena won 2-0 in their recent league contest against Hill (San Jose, CA)

Mt. Pleasant @ Independence Football Game Info

Thu., Oct. 16, 2025 @ 7:15p

The Independence (San Jose, CA) varsity football team won Thursday's home conference game against Mt. Pleasant (San Jose, CA) by a score of 25-20.

Rankings & Records

Mt. Pleasant (25-26)

CA	Section
998	91

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
2-7	2-5	2-3	0-4	.222	.286	161	311

Independence (25-26)

CA	Section
908	85

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
5-5	4-3	2-2	3-3	.500	.571	226	279

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Mt. Pleasant	0	0	0	0	17.9
Independence	2.4	1.6	5.0	8.4	22.6

Mt. Pleasant Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Mt. Pleasant		Independence
96.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	66.3
170.0	Passing Yards Per Game	29.9
169.2	Receiving Yards Per Game	18.9
266.9	Total Yards Per Game	96.1
43.8	Tackles Per Game	-
0.2	Sacks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Mt. Pleasant		Independence	National Avg.
#2 FNU Shaf64.7	Rushing Yards Per Game	#12 Chase Pagaduan56.0	10.9
#5 Victor Ekwuru170.0	Passing Yards Per Game	#5 Gurshan Randhawa66.7	10.6
#7 Andrew Tafoya93.6	Receiving Yards Per Game	#8 Joel Banuelos36.0	8.7
#5 Victor Ekwuru186.1	Total Yards Per Game	#5 Gurshan Randhawa110.7	24.4
#2 FNU Shaf6.8	Tackles Per Game	-	2.6
#2 FNU Shaf0.1	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mt. Pleasant	2-4		Independence	3-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/19/25	Hill	Mt. Pleasant	(W) 28-14	10/31/25	Independence	Hill	(W) 34-14
9/25/25	Prospect	Mt. Pleasant	(L) 44-7	10/3/25	Independence	Prospect	(L) 20-13
10/3/25	Mt. Pleasant	Evergreen Valley	(L) 25-20	11/6/25	Evergreen Valley	Independence	(L) 42-26
10/24/25	Yerba Buena	Mt. Pleasant	(L) 40-38	9/25/25	Independence	Yerba Buena	(L) 26-23
10/30/25	James Lick	Mt. Pleasant	(W) 48-36	10/24/25	James Lick	Independence	(W) 37-34
11/7/25	Mt. Pleasant	San Jose	(L) 38-0	10/9/25	Independence	San Jose	(W) 41-16

Record Breakdown

Mt. Pleasant (25-26)		Independence (25-26)
2-7	Overall	5-5
2-5	League	4-3
0-2	Non-League	1-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-4	Common Opponent	3-3
2-3	Home	2-2
0-4	Away	3-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
2-7	In-State	5-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0