The Redlands East Valley Wildcats will face off against the Sonora Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Redlands East Valley is looking for their season's first victory.
Last Friday, Redlands East Valley didn't have quite enough to beat JW North and fell 38-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on September 6th (32), the Wildcats still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Redlands East Valley got top-tier performance from Nathen Lopez, who rushed for 156 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 37 receiving yards. Isaac Vitela was another key player, throwing for 267 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.5% of his passes.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sonora). They claimed a resounding 52-13 win over California at home. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Raiders.
Anthony Abad was his usual excellent self, rushing for 168 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 61 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Olin Morales Hyder, who gained 51 total yards and two touchdowns.
Sonora's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Brady Ackerman and Luke Crowder.
Redlands East Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Sonora, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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