Football Recap: Rancho Verde Mustangs vs. Vista del Lago Ravens
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rancho Verde). They took down the Vista del Lago Ravens 58-40 on Thursday. With that victory, the Mustangs brought their scoring average up to 27 points per game.
C.J. Thompson went supernova for Rancho Verde, throwing for 330 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes. Jimmy Cruz helped Thompson out on the ground, rushing for 52 yards and two touchdowns.
Despite the loss, Vista del Lago saw an underclassman step up: Josiah Dupree Boyd threw for 392 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 30 yards. Those 392 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Dupree Boyd. Cameon Sims did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 140 receiving yards.
The win (which was Rancho Verde's third in a row) raised their record to 4-3. As for Vista del Lago, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 6-1.
Rancho Verde will head out on the road to face off against Paloma Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rancho Verde is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27 points per game this season. As for Vista del Lago, they will welcome Orange Vista at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Vista del Lago also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 38.3 points per game.
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