Football Preview: San Clemente Tritons vs. Murrieta Valley Nighthawks
The San Clemente Tritons will head out to square off against the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
San Clemente is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 35-28 victory over Chino Hills on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tritons.
San Clemente had a senior duo take command as Dawson Martinez threw for 223 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.3% of his passes and Colin Kohl rushed for 49 yards and three touchdowns. Max Kotiranta also helped out as he racked up 104 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Murrieta Valley's strategy against King on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Murrieta Valley blew King out of the water with a 62-6 final score. The game marked the Nighthawks' most dominant win of the season so far.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jeremiah Watson and he. Watson rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns while he rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 53 yards. Cam Connor also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Murrieta Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
San Clemente now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Murrieta Valley, they pushed their record up to 3-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season.
San Clemente and Murrieta Valley were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but San Clemente suffered an agonizing 39-38 defeat. Can San Clemente avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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