Payette is 0-10 against Homedale since October of 2014 but things could change on Friday. The Payette Pirates will venture away from home to challenge the Homedale Trojans at 7:00 p.m. Payette's defense has only allowed 15.2 points per game this season, so Homedale's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Payette's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Marsing offense got past them. Payette had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of Marsing. The loss was the Pirates' first of the season.
Meanwhile, Homedale put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They never let Jerome onto the board and left with a 50-0 victory. The contest marked the Trojans' most dominant win of the season so far.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Homedale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Rafael Cuenca, who picked up 122 receiving yards and a touchdown. Alex Sotelo also helped with two touchdowns in total.
Homedale's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. Jerome's QB won't forget Caden Layne anytime soon given he sacked him three times.
Having lost for the first time this season, Payette fell to 3-1. As for Homedale, they pushed their record up to 4-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season.
Payette took a serious blow against Homedale in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 48-0. Thankfully for Payette, Dillon Fine (who threw for 270 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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