Football Preview: Monte Vista Mustangs vs. Amador Valley Dons
Monte Vista has been on the road for four straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Amador Valley Dons at 7:15 p.m. Monte Vista is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 29.9 points per game this season.
Monte Vista had been on a four-game streak of scoring at least 31 points, but De La Salle put an end to it on Friday. Monte Vista was outmatched by De La Salle on the road and fell 42-7. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Spartans recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 14-14 at halftime, Amador Valley was not quite San Ramon Valley's equal in the second half on Friday. They and the Wolves were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 29-28 defeat. The Dons gained 136 more yards on the day, but it was the Wolves that made the best use of them.
Despite the loss, Amador Valley got top-tier performance from Tristan Tia, who threw for 262 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.9 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown. 125 of Tia's passing yards were hauled in by Aidan Foley.
Monte Vista's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Amador Valley, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-4 record.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Monte Vista has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 175.3 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Amador Valley has preferred to attack from the air: they average 277.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
Monte Vista came up short against Amador Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 41-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Foley, who threw for 117 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.8% of his passes. Now that Monte Vista knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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