Football Preview: Yucca Valley Trojans vs. Granite Hills Cougars
The Yucca Valley Trojans are packing up and heading out on the road for their first away game this season. they take on the Granite Hills Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Yucca Valley will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the loss they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They lost 52-28 to Serrano. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 518th, while the Diamondbacks are ranked 221st).
Despite the defeat, Yucca Valley got top-tier performance from Michael Ramos Jr, who rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 120 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. Anthony Love was Ramos Jr's top target, rushing for 75 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 41-14 victory over Hesperia at home.
Granite Hills' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Kaylen Edwards and Braylen Salazar.
This is the second loss in a row for Yucca Valley and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Granite Hills, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Yucca Valley was dealt a bruising 63-21 loss at the hands of Granite Hills in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Yucca Valley, Kameron Smith (who rushed for 277 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per carry, and also picked up 35 receiving yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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