Football Preview: Molina Jaguars vs. North Mesquite Stallions
Molina is on an eight-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, North Mesquite an eight-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Thursday. The Molina Jaguars will host the North Mesquite Stallions at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Thursday.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row dating back to last season, Molina finally turned things around against Sunset last Friday. They claimed a resounding 44-8 victory over the Bison on the road.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Mesquite). They breezed by Sunset at home to the tune of 49-6 on Thursday. With that win, the Stallions brought their scoring average up to 27.8 points per game.
North Mesquite's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Julien Simpson led the charge by rushing for 83 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Ivan Escalante, who rushed for 107 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
North Mesquite wouldn't let Sunset keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. North Mesquite can thank Eliceo Cardona and Reggie Smith-Jackson for forcing both of them. North Mesquite got some further help from Camren Greene: he made 16 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Mesquite was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 373 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 175 rushing yards in six consecutive games.
Molina's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-5. As for North Mesquite, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 2-5.
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