Eastside has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Palmdale Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Eastside's offense hasn't had much luck over their past four games, but Thursday's matchup will give them a chance to turn things around.
Eastside's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Quartz Hill on Friday. They took a blow against the Royals, falling 59-0. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 900th, while the Royals are ranked 308th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palmdale). They breezed by Littlerock at home to the tune of 59-0 on Thursday. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by 21 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Palmdale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joshua Suarez, who threw for 211 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Suarez is crushing it when it comes to passing touchdowns: he's passed for at least four every time he's taken the field this season. Zason Walker was Suarez's top target, picking up 90 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Eastside's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Palmdale, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 4-4.
Eastside and Palmdale were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, but Eastside suffered an agonizing 22-21 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palmdale's Joseph Mason, who rushed for 68 yards and three touchdowns, and also threw for 174 yards on only 13 passes. Now that Eastside 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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