The Lakeside Lancers and the Moreno Valley Vikings are set to duel on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Lakeside has struggled recently with 18 losses in a row, while Moreno Valley will arrive with five straight victories.
Lakeside is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Heritage on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Lakeside was beaten by Heritage 56-14. The Lancers were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 35-0.
Meanwhile, in a tight match that could have gone either way, Moreno Valley made off with a 22-21 win over Perris.
Syree Matthews continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Moreno Valley's defense and their three sacks. Bryan Orozco was especially locked on to Perris' QB and sacked him twice. Moreno Valley got some further help from Andrew Delatorre: he picked up a sack, made six total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defended a pass.
Lakeside's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Moreno Valley, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Lakeside was able to grind out a solid win over Moreno Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2021, winning 21-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lakeside since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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