The Mater Academy East Las Vegas Knights will face off against the Pahrump Valley Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pahrump Valley took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mater Academy East Las Vegas, who comes in off a win.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Democracy Prep Agassi Campus last Friday as Mater Academy East Las Vegas made off with a 48-26 victory. Mater Academy East Las Vegas' win was all the more impressive since the Blue Knights were averaging only 14 points allowed on the season.
Daylin James was his usual excellent self, throwing for 244 yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 53 yards. Malcolm Lawrence was James' top target, picking up 79 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mater Academy East Las Vegas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Pahrump Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 28-7 to Virgin Valley.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Pahrump Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Mater Academy East Las Vegas didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Pahrump Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 36-30 victory. Will Mater Academy East Las Vegas repeat their success, or does Pahrump Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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