San Clemente has won four straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Mission Viejo has won four straight on the road also dating back to last season, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The San Clemente Tritons will host the Mission Viejo Diablos at 7:00 p.m. After the two teams made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
San Clemente is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 51-0 victory over Coronado. With that win, the Tritons brought their scoring average up to 28.9 points per game.
Dawson Martinez went supernova for San Clemente, rushing for 45 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 125 yards and a touchdown while completing 78.6% of his passes. Another passer making a difference was Jack Ferguson, who threw for 121 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes.
San Clemente didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Riley Kelley.
Meanwhile, Mission Viejo was fully in charge last Friday, breezing past Long Beach Poly 49-14 at home. Considering the Diablos have won six matchups by more than 27 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Hinesward Lilomaiava and he. Lilomaiava rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.7 yards per carry while he rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.7 yards per carry.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mission Viejo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 94.5 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 194.7.
Mission Viejo wouldn't let Long Beach Poly keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jayden Hill was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance. He has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Jaden Williams was another major factor on D, picking up 0.5 sacks, making eight total tackles (3.0 for loss), and defending a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
San Clemente now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Mission Viejo, their victory bumped their record up to 7-0.
San Clemente was able to grind out a solid win over Mission Viejo in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 20-10. Will San Clemente repeat their success, or does Mission Viejo have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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