Football Preview: Shadow Hills Knights vs. Desert Hot Springs Golden Eagles
The Shadow Hills Knights will head out on the road to face off against the Desert Hot Springs Golden Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Shadow Hills lost 41-17 to Yucaipa on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 446th, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 181st).
Although Shadow Hills took the loss, they still got scores from Jojo Diaz and Brandon Peffers.
Meanwhile, Desert Hot Springs put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against Citrus Hill by a score of 22-12.
Donevin Thornton was a one-man wrecking crew for Desert Hot Springs as he rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns, and also picked up 35 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards Thornton has posted since back in October of 2023.
Having lost for the first time this season, Shadow Hills fell to 2-1. As for Desert Hot Springs, their victory bumped their record up to 3-0.
Shadow Hills didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Desert Hot Springs in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, but they still walked away with a 13-7 win. Will Shadow Hills repeat their success, or does Desert Hot Springs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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