Football Preview: Oaks Christian Lions vs. Murrieta Valley Nighthawks
Two dominant backs in Deshonne Redeaux and Dorian Hoze are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Oaks Christian Lions will head out to face off against the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 998 yards in their previous games.
Oaks Christian is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down San Juan Hills 35-21. Oaks Christian's win was all the more impressive since the Stallions were averaging only 13.42 points allowed on the season.
Redeaux was his usual excellent self, rushing for 181 yards and two touchdowns. Those 181 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Chase Moss did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 87 receiving yards.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oaks Christian's defense and their four sacks. San Juan Hills' QB won't forget Hayden Lowe anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Another thorn in San Juan Hills' side was Davon Benjamin, who forced a fumble and made seven total tackles.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Valley waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Everything went their way against the Griffins as they made off with a 49-28 victory. 49 seems to be a good number for the Nighthawks as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Bear Bachmeier and Hoze were among the main playmakers for Murrieta Valley as the former rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries and the latter rushed for 188 yards and three touchdowns. Hoze's longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Murrieta Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 373 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Oaks Christian is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.5 points per game. As for Murrieta Valley, their record now sits at 10-2.
Oaks Christian and Murrieta Valley were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, but Oaks Christian suffered an agonizing 39-38 defeat. Can Oaks Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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