Football Preview: Capistrano Valley Cougars vs. El Modena Vanguards
Capistrano Valley is on a four-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while El Modena is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Capistrano Valley Cougars will welcome the El Modena Vanguards at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Capistrano Valley's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last five games.
Last Friday, Capistrano Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Trabuco Hills, taking the game 49-41.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tommy Acosta and Tristan Zale. Acosta had a great game and rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Zale was balling out in the loss, throwing for 351 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per attempt, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Capistrano Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Capistrano Valley wouldn't let Trabuco Hills keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Capistrano Valley can thank Hudson Campbell and Ryan Kron for forcing both of them. Capistrano Valley got some further help from Reily Walker: he made 14 total tackles.
Meanwhile, El Modena's undefeated season came to an end after seven games on Thursday. They fell to Tustin 34-28. The matchup marked the Vanguards' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Despite the defeat, El Modena got top-tier performance from Xzavior Guess, who rushed for 80 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Guess' longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Connor Smith was Guess' top target, picking up 90 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Capistrano Valley's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for El Modena, their loss was their first of the season and also makes their record 7-1.
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