Football Preview: Royal Highlanders vs. Camarillo Scorpions
The Royal Highlanders will stay at home for another week and welcome the Camarillo Scorpions at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Royal's defense has only allowed 14.7 points per game this season, so Camarillo's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Wednesday, Royal was able to grind out a solid win over Simi Valley, taking the game 24-12. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Pioneers are ranked 321st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Camarillo was fully in charge on Wednesday, breezing past Moorpark 44-6 on the road. Considering the Scorpions have won eight contests by more than 19 points this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Camarillo found their leader in underclassman Jaeah Blaney, who threw for 256 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.7% of her passes. What's more, Blaney also racked up 22 rushing yards, the mostshe's had in her last nine games.
Camarillo didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Riley Kavanagh, Rebekah Stead, Emma Whittenton, and MarliRose Demate picked up one apiece.
Royal pushed their record up to 5-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Camarillo, they have been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-7 record this season.
Royal ended up a good deal behind Camarillo when the teams last played back in September, losing 36-18. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blaney, who threw for 204 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of her passes. Now that Royal knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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