Football Preview: Alta Loma Braves vs. San Dimas Saints
Two dominant backs in Izaih Brown and Caleb Morquecho are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Alta Loma Braves will welcome the San Dimas Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Alta Loma's defense has only allowed 14.5 points per game this season, so San Dimas' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, Alta Loma lost to Northview at home by a 22-7 margin. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 391st, while the Vikings are ranked 77th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask San Dimas). They took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-33 win over Baldwin Park. The Saints might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by 28 points or more this season.
San Dimas' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Morquecho, who rushed for 92 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Nathaniel Almaraz was another key rusher, rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: San Dimas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 562 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 226 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Alta Loma's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for San Dimas, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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