Football Preview: Taft Toreadors vs. El Camino Real Royals
Taft is 2-7 against El Camino Real since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Taft Toreadors will venture away from home to face off against the El Camino Real Royals at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Taft earned a 34-24 victory over University.
A big part of Taft's win came down to the chemistry between Nathan Swinson and his top target Dakota Garner. Swinson threw for 188 yards and four touchdowns while Garner picked up 98 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, El Camino Real can finally bid farewell to their eight-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game last Friday. They were the clear victor by a 33-8 margin over Dymally. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Royals' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Arturo Acevedo went supernova for El Camino Real, throwing for 187 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushing for 32 yards and a touchdown. Jayden Williams was Acevedo's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, El Camino Real was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Taft's record now sits at 2-3. As for El Camino Real, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-4.
Taft came up short against El Camino Real when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 37-32. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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