Two dominant backs in Nathen Lopez and Theodore (Teddy) McGee are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Redlands East Valley Wildcats will be playing at home against the Redlands Terriers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Redlands East Valley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with ten straight defeats, while Redlands will come in with four straight wins.
Redlands East Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against Sonora on Friday, falling 65-42. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Redlands East Valley's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Isaac Vitela, who threw for 333 yards and three touchdowns while completing 84% of his passes, and Lopez, who gained 196 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Vitela a new career-high in rushing yards. Ivan Corona was Vitela's top target, picking up 162 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, everything went Redlands' way against Poly on Saturday as Redlands made off with a 47-27 victory. The Terriers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 20 points or more this season.
It was another big night for McGee, who rushed for 189 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.3 yards per carry, and also picked up 38 receiving yards and a touchdown. McGee is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 137 every time he's taken the field this season. Another player making a difference was Anthony Fraire, who threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes.
Redlands wouldn't let Poly keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Redlands can thank Xavier Beck and Isaiah Rangel for forcing both of them. Redlands got some further help from Caine Lopez: he made 14 total tackles and defended three passes.
Redlands East Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Redlands, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Redlands East Valley has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 147.8 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Redlands struggles in that department as they've been averaging 197.2. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Redlands East Valley couldn't quite finish off Redlands in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 35-32. Will Redlands East Valley have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.
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