The Yucca Valley Trojans will square off against the Serrano Diamondbacks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Yucca Valley is headed into the game having just suffered their closest loss since August 31, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Rancho Christian by a score of 44-41.
Despite the defeat, Yucca Valley got top-tier performance from Michael Ramos Jr, who rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. 81 of those passing yards were hauled in by Aiden Pope, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Yucca Valley wouldn't let Rancho Christian keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Yucca Valley can thank Steven Castro and Clyde King for forcing both of them. Castro also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles. Yucca Valley got some further help from Brody Herrera: he made 25 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Serrano got the win against Patriot on Thursday by a conclusive 35-14. Given the Diamondbacks' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 227th, while the Warriors are ranked 458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Issiah Romo was a one-man wrecking crew for Serrano as he rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries, and also threw for 36 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Romo is now averaging an impressive 108.5 rushing yards per game. Trevor Mcsween was another key player, rushing for 81 yards and two touchdowns.
Mcsween wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Serrano was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Patriot only rushed for 88.
Yucca Valley's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1. As for Serrano, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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