Football Recap: Redlands East Valley Wildcats vs. Sonora Raiders
Redlands East Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their tenth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 65-42 to the Sonora Raiders. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Redlands East Valley's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Isaac Vitela, who threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84% of his passes, and Nathen Lopez, who gained 196 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Vitela a new career-high in rushing yards. Ivan Corona was Vitela's top target, picking up 162 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Sonora had a senior duo take command as Anthony Abad rushed for 252 yards and four touchdowns on only 15 carries and Olin Morales Hyder rushed for 164 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. With that strong performance, Abad is now averaging an impressive 2.2 rushing touchdowns per game.
Redlands East Valley's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Sonora, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-2.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Redlands East Valley will square off against Redlands at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Redlands East Valley will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last. As for Sonora, they will take on Troy at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Troy's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
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