Football Recap: Beaumont Cougars vs. Murrieta Mesa Rams
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Beaumont). They took their match at home on Thursday with ease, bagging a 42-13 win over the Murrieta Mesa Rams. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Rams are ranked 170th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Beaumont's victory came down to the chemistry between Jeremiah Duhu and his top target Javaan Stewart. Duhu threw for 183 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes while Stewart gained 52 total yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Beaumont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 209 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Murrieta Mesa only rushed for 93.
Although Murrieta Mesa took the loss, they still got scores from Royal Randolph and Triston Vialpando.
Beaumont's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Murrieta Mesa, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-4.
Beaumont will have plenty of time to enjoy the victory as they don't play again for a while. They'll take on Cajon at 7:00 p.m. on October 4th. As for Murrieta Mesa, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Temecula Valley at 7:30 p.m. on October 3rd. The two teams are at an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but likely not for long.
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