Football Preview: Thousand Oaks Lancers vs. El Modena Vanguards
Two dominant signal callers in Jackson Taylor and Xzavior Guess are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Thousand Oaks Lancers will face off against the El Modena Vanguards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Thousand Oaks is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They secured a 14-10 W over St. Paul. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lancers.
The critical scores for Thousand Oaks came from Hayden Vercher and Carson Lewis.
Meanwhile, El Modena won against Cypress two weeks ago with 28 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. El Modena came out on top against Santa Barbara by a score of 28-21.
Guess and Brodie Hitchens were among the main playmakers for El Modena as the former threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns and the latter gained 98 total yards and two touchdowns.
Thousand Oaks' win bumped their record up to 7-4. As for El Modena, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
We should be in store for an exciting game as both have no problem gaining yardage. Thousand Oaks has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 362.5 total yards per game. However, it's not like El Modena struggles in that department as they've been averaging 476.9. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them.
Thousand Oaks came up short against El Modena when the teams last played back in August, falling 41-34. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Guess, who rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Thousand Oaks knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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