Football Preview: Pahrump Valley Trojans vs. Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights
Two dominant signal callers in Kayne Horibe and Daylin James are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Pahrump Valley Trojans and the Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights are set to duel on Friday. One thing working in Pahrump Valley's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last five contests.
Pahrump Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Boulder City 55-20 on Thursday. The Trojans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four games by 21 points or more this season.
Horibe continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 331 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 42 yards and a touchdown. He has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. Randal Murray was Horibe's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Pahrump Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Lucas Gavenda and Austin Alvarez. Alvarez also set a new season high mark in receiving yards with 174. Another thorn in Boulder City's side was Iyan Bosket, who made 17 total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Mater Academy East Las Vegas was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a 33-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sports Leadership & Management.
Pahrump Valley has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Mater Academy East Las Vegas, their loss dropped their record down to 4-6.
Pahrump Valley was able to grind out a solid win over Mater Academy East Las Vegas in their previous matchup back in September, winning 42-30. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was James, who threw for 443 yards and three touchdowns, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pahrump Valley still be able to contain James? There's only one way to find out.
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