Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Buena). They blew past the Royal Highlanders 50-21 on the road on Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Jaxon Roberts continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 318 yards and five touchdowns on only ten carries. He is becoming a predictor of Buena's success: when he posts at least 80 rushing yards the team is 2-1 (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Tyler Hoff was another key player, gaining 186 total yards and a touchdown.
Buena didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nathan Philbrook and Tyler Jaitt.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Buena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 399 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Despite the loss, Royal still got an impressive performance from Caden Pugh, who rushed for 127 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Those 127 rushing yards gave Pugh a new career-high. Landen Murray also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Buena's victory bumped their record up to 3-4. As for Royal, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-5.
Buena will take on Oak Park at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 1,017 yards in their previous games. As for Royal, they will face off against Ventura at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Ventura is coming into the contest with three straight wins at home, so Royal will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum.
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