Football Recap: Yucaipa Thunderbirds vs. Redlands East Valley Wildcats
After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Beaumont, Yucaipa was happy to have turned things around on Thursday. They blew past the Redlands East Valley Wildcats 67-45. Considering the Thunderbirds have won three matches by more than 21 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Leading Yucaipa to victory were Logan Barbour and Deace Turner. Barbour rushed for 260 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 9.6 yards per carry, while Turner rushed for 134 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries. Barbour's longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Will Mchargue also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Yucaipa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 493 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Yucaipa's defensive line made their presence known, laying out Isaac Vitela. four times. Alejandro Banales was especially locked on to Redlands East Valley's QB and sacked him twice. Banales has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played. Another thorn in Redlands East Valley's side was Evan Darling, who made 11 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Despite the loss, Redlands East Valley still got an impressive performance from Vitela, who threw for 396 yards and five touchdowns, and also rushed for 75 yards on only eight carries. Marcus Medina also helped out as he racked up 128 receiving yards.
Yucaipa's victory bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Redlands East Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-7.
Yucaipa didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, a 38-20 win against Redlands on the 24th. Redlands East Valley has also already played their next matchup, a 56-8 loss against Beaumont on the 24th.
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