Lucerne Valley is 2-7 against Hesperia Christian since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Lucerne Valley Mustangs will venture away from home to take on the Hesperia Christian Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Lucerne Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.9 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Lucerne Valley ended up a good deal behind Academy of Careers & Exploration and lost 36-22.
Lucerne Valley's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of William Rietdyk, who gained 152 total yards and a touchdown, and Isaiah Navarro, who rushed for 49 yards and two touchdowns. Navarro was even better on defense, picking up 0.5 sacks and making 12 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hesperia Christian). Their defense stepped up to hand PAL Academy a 50-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Bulls are ranked 98th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hesperia Christian's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Nathaniel Renner, who threw for 129 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 passes. Another player making a difference was Dakota McCloud, who picked up 111 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Hesperia Christian's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. In that department, Luke Beasley was the leader with three.
Lucerne Valley now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Hesperia Christian, their victory ended a four-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-4.
Lucerne Valley was dealt a bruising 62-6 defeat at the hands of Hesperia Christian when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lucerne Valley was down 35-6.
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