Football Preview: Sonora Raiders vs. Redlands East Valley Wildcats
The Sonora Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Redlands East Valley Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sonora will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Sonora is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat California 52-13 at home.
Anthony Abad continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 168 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Olin Morales Hyder was in the mix too, providing Sonora with two touchdowns.
Sonora's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brady Ackerman and Luke Crowder.
Meanwhile, Redlands East Valley is still winless after their match against JW North on Friday, but the team can take solace in the fact it was the closest they've come to winning. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 38-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on September 6th (32), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Redlands East Valley might have lost, but man, Nathen Lopez was a machine: he rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 37 receiving yards. Isaac Vitela was another key player, throwing for 267 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.5% of his passes.
The victory got Sonora back to even at 2-2. As for Redlands East Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-4.
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