The Freedom Falcons will venture away from home to face off against the Vanden Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Freedom is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They came up short against Maria Carrillo, falling 35-14.
Meanwhile, Vanden put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Vista del Lago at home to the tune of 45-14. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Eagles are ranked 208th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Zack Tayeh and Kalani Mcleod were among the main playmakers for Vanden as the former gained 142 total yards and three touchdowns and the latter threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.5% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Mcleod has posted since back in September of 2023. A healthy portion of that aerial production (84 yards to be exact) went to Logan Bailey, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Vanden was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 545 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Vista del Lago only gained 241.
Freedom's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Vanden, their victory was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Freedom might still be hurting after the 45-20 loss they got from Vanden in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mcleod, who threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 46 yards and a touchdown. Now that Freedom knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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