Football Recap: Pleasant Grove Starts off Right with Win over River City

Pleasant Grove had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. Their defense stepped up to hand the River City Raiders a 19-0 shutout. The Eagles have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Raiders, too.

Hekili Hernandez

Rushing Yards

08/22/25 @ River City	106
11/01/24 vs Laguna Creek	22
10/25/24 vs Elk Grove	31
10/18/24 @ Cosumnes Oaks	83
10/11/24 @ Franklin	78
+ 2 more games

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Pleasant Grove to victory, but perhaps none more so than Hekili Hernandez, who rushed for 106 yards on only 15 carries. That's the most rushing yards Hernandez has posted since back in September of 2024.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Pleasant Grove proved: they limited River City to a paltry 1.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Luke Longwedel for the heroic effort on defense: he. Pleasant Grove's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 5.1.

Pleasant Grove wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next contest, a 43-22 win against Lodi on the 29th. As for River City, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 36-0 victory against Sheldon on the 29th.