Football Preview: Bloomington Bruins vs. Jurupa Valley Jaguars
Bloomington has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Jurupa Valley Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bloomington will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by two when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 27-point they dealt Rubidoux on Thursday. Bloomington really took it to Rubidoux for the full four quarters, racking up a 38-11 victory on the road. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest win the Bruins have posted since September 22, 2023.
Nicholas Seventy had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 141 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Ricardo Sanchez, who rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Bloomington wouldn't let Rubidoux keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Bloomington can thank Gilbert Everhart and Aaron Perez-Soto for forcing all of them. With that strong performance, Perez-Soto is now averaging an impressive 6 total tackles per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bloomington was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 350 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 180 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, Jurupa Valley made sure to put some points up on the board against Ontario on Thursday. Jurupa Valley blew past Ontario 38-12. Jurupa Valley pushed the score to 38-6 by the end of the third, a deficit Ontario cut but never quite recovered from.
Bloomington now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Jurupa Valley, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Bloomington beat Jurupa Valley 24-13 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Does Bloomington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jurupa Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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