Football Preview: El Rancho Dons vs. Santa Fe Chiefs
El Rancho has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Santa Fe Chiefs at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
El Rancho is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by California on the road to the tune of 47-14 two weeks ago. With the Dons ahead 34-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
El Rancho had a senior duo take command as Andrew Guerrero gained 286 total yards and three touchdowns and Ryan Dominguez threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns. Guerrero torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 85 yards.
El Rancho wouldn't let California keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Javier Hernandez was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last eight games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Santa Fe on the road against Whittier on Friday as the squad secured a 40-8 win. The Chiefs pushed the score to 40-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Devin Clark, who rushed for 162 yards and five touchdowns on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Xander Arias, who gained 94 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Santa Fe was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 245 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
El Rancho has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Santa Fe, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2.
El Rancho came up short against Santa Fe in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 35-25. Thankfully for El Rancho, Tariq Bush (who rushed for 312 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per carry) 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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