Football Preview: Monterey Trail Mustangs vs. Oak Ridge Trojans
The Monterey Trail Mustangs will face off against the Oak Ridge Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Monterey Trail sitting on seven straight wins and Oak Ridge on four.
Monterey Trail is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took down Lincoln 53-34. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Trojans are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in D'ADRIEN SANDERS and Jordin Thomas. SANDERS had a great game and rushed for 243 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Thomas was balling out in the loss, rushing for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Monterey Trail was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 378 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 22 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Rocklin last Friday, taking the game 17-6.
Oak Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.7 points per game. As for Monterey Trail, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Monterey Trail came up short against Oak Ridge in their previous matchup back in November of 2019, falling 35-27. Thankfully for Monterey Trail, Justin Lamson (who rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 75 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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