Football Game Preview: Trabuco Hills Mustangs vs. Cypress Centurions

By Team Reports Oct 22, 2024, 1:52am

Football Preview: Trabuco Hills Mustangs vs. Cypress Centurions

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The Trabuco Hills Mustangs will play host again on Friday to welcome the Cypress Centurions, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Trabuco Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.2 points per game this season.

Last Friday, Trabuco Hills came up short against Capistrano Valley and fell 49-41. The Mustangs have struggled against the Cougars recently, as their game on Friday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.

The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tristan Zale and Tommy Acosta. Acosta had a great game and rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Zale was balling out in the loss, throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.

Meanwhile, Cypress was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell to Western 28-22.

Despite the defeat, Cypress saw an underclassman step up: Xavier Guerrero threw for 278 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 31 yards. Those 278 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Guerrero. Mekaih Felix was Guerrero's top target, picking up 100 receiving yards and a touchdown.

Even if they lost, Cypress' defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Tynoa Allen was especially locked on to Western's QB and sacked him twice. Cypress got some further help from Tyler White: he made 15 total tackles and defended two passes.

Trabuco Hills' loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Cypress, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6.

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