Football Preview: Palm Springs Indians vs. Shadow Hills Knights
The Palm Springs Indians are taking a road trip to take on the Shadow Hills Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palm Springs is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Palm Springs will head out to face Shadow Hills after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Palm Springs took a hard 31-16 fall against La Quinta.
Meanwhile, Shadow Hills entered their game against Rancho Mirage on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Shadow Hills fell 21-14 to Rancho Mirage. The defeat continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Rattlers: they've now lost three in a row.
Shadow Hills might have lost, but man, Pedro Trujillo was a machine: he threw for 227 yards and two touchdowns while completing 78.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 76 yards. The dominant performance gave Trujillo a new career-high in rushing yards. Brandon Peffers was Trujillo's top target, picking up 87 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Palm Springs' loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-3. As for Shadow Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Palm Springs didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Shadow Hills when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 36-30 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Shadow Hills' Greg Hollis, who threw for 326 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 56 yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Palm Springs to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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