Football Preview: Diamond Ranch Panthers vs. San Dimas Saints
Diamond Ranch and San Dimas are an even 3-3 against one another since August of 2014, but not for long. The Diamond Ranch Panthers will head out on the road to take on the San Dimas Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Diamond Ranch will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Diamond Ranch came up short against Baldwin Park and fell 36-25.
Meanwhile, San Dimas beat Alta Loma 30-22 on Friday. Given the Saints' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 180th, while the Braves are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Caleb Morquecho continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 106 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in August.
San Dimas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 325 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 226 rushing yards in nine consecutive games.
Diamond Ranch's loss dropped their record down to 0-9. As for San Dimas, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
Diamond Ranch ended up a good deal behind San Dimas in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, losing 34-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Morquecho, who rushed for 276 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per carry. Now that Diamond Ranch knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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