Football Recap: Tustin Piles Up the Points Against El Modena

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tustin). They blew past the El Modena Vanguards 51-7 on Friday. With the Tillers ahead 48-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.

Ayden Edwards

Passing Yards (Career)

10/17/25 vs El Modena	298
09/05/25 @ Long Beach Poly	255
08/29/25 @ Foothill	247
09/21/24 vs Yorba Linda	235
10/02/25 @ Cypress	228

Tustin's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Ayden Edwards, who threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Those 298 passing yards gave Edwards a new career-high. Jeremiah Salvant was in the mix as well, providing Tustin with two scores.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Tustin proved: they limited El Modena to a paltry 0.6 yards per carry. The team can thank Jeremiah Williams for the heroic effort on defense: he. Tustin's run defense has been on the up-and-up: they allowed 4.4 yards per carry earlier this season, but they've only allowed 8.97 on average over their last five games.

Tustin pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 41.0 points over those games. As for El Modena, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 4-4.

Tustin didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 42-21 victory against Western on the 23rd. As for El Modena, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next game, a 30-14 defeat against Capistrano Valley on the 23rd.