Football Preview: Western Pioneers vs. Trabuco Hills Mustangs
The Western Pioneers will challenge the Trabuco Hills Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34 points per game this season.
Western is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Tustin on Friday. Western fell 32-21 to Tustin. The Pioneers have struggled against the Tillers recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Although Western took the loss, they still got scores from Jj Amezcua and Malachi Alatorre.
Western wouldn't let Tustin keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Alatorre, Aden Luna, and Ian Douglas picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Trabuco Hills can finally bid farewell to their four-game losing streak thanks to their game on Friday. They took down Cypress 42-28. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Centurions are ranked 313th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Trabuco Hills' win came down to the chemistry between Tristan Zale and his top target Alex Kiernan. Zale threw for 356 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 14.8 yards per attempt while Kiernan picked up 220 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Kiernan really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 74 yards. Landon Pompey was another key player, gaining 153 total yards and a touchdown.
Western now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Trabuco Hills, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
