The Yucca Valley Trojans will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Rancho Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Yucca Valley is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Arrowhead Christian. Yucca Valley came out on top in a nail-biter against Arrowhead Christian on Saturday, sneaking past 21-19.
Michael Ramos Jr went supernova for Yucca Valley, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 194 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Roderick Rogers was Ramos Jr's top target, picking up 97 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Yucca Valley wouldn't let Arrowhead Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Yucca Valley can thank Ethan Rodriguez and Brody Herrera for forcing all of them.
Meanwhile, Rancho Christian gave their fans exactly what they wanted out of a home opener on Friday. They blew past Mater Academy East Las Vegas 32-12. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Eagles' disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 396th in California, while the Knights are ranked 46th in Nevada).
Will Ford was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 237 yards and two touchdowns.
Yucca Valley suffered a grim 40-19 defeat to Rancho Christian in their previous matchup back in August of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Rancho Christian's Thomas Dalton, who rushed for 74 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Now that Yucca Valley 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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