Football Preview: Banning Pilots vs. Capistrano Valley Christian Eagles
The Banning Pilots will head out on the road to square off against the Capistrano Valley Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Thursday, Banning made easy work of Granada Hills Charter and carried off a 53-30 win. The Pilots pushed the score to 46-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Highlanders cut but never quite recovered from.
Jordan Villanueva and STEVEN PEREZ were among the main playmakers for Banning as the former rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries and the latter gained 144 total yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Villanueva is now averaging an impressive 108.5 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Noa Tuvalu, who threw for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only four passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Banning was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 498 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Capistrano Valley Christian won against Arroyo last Friday with 34 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. Capistrano Valley Christian enjoyed a cozy 34-17 victory over University. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Trojans are ranked 625th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Joshua Monroe went supernova for Capistrano Valley Christian, rushing for 268 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per carry. Monroe also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making two total tackles.
Banning pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for Capistrano Valley Christian, the victory made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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