Football Preview: Cienega Bobcats vs. Sunnyside Blue Devils
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The Cienega Bobcats will face off against the Sunnyside Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sunnyside took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Cienega, who comes in off a win.
Cienega will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Friday, then bounced right back against Desert Ridge on Friday. The Bobcats blew past the Jaguars 34-14. The Bobcats might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 20 points or more this season.
Julian Hainley
| 10/03/25 @ Desert Ridge | 357 |
| 09/12/25 @ Ironwood Ridge | 354 |
| 08/29/25 vs Buena | 255 |
| 09/19/25 vs Nogales | 76 |
| 09/26/25 @ Mountain View | 66 |
| + 1 more games |
Julian Hainley had another great game (as he tends to do), throwing for 357 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 42 yards and one score. He is becoming a predictor of Cienega's success: when he posts at least 250 passing yards the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Jaden Rodgers was another key player, picking up 123 receiving yards and one TD.
Meanwhile, while it was Sunnyside who put the first points on the board on Thursday, it was Desert View who put up more. The Blue Devils lost 35-14 to the Jaguars. The Blue Devils were down 27-7 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
The victory got Cienega back to even at 3-3. As for Sunnyside, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
Everything went Cienega's way against Sunnyside in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as Cienega made off with a 42-21 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was the Blue Devils' Raymond Duarte, who rushed for 48 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and also threw for 212 yards and one TD. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will the Bobcats still be able to contain Duarte? There's only one way to find out.
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