Heritage has gone 9-1 against Deer Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. Heritage will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Heritage strolled past Livermore with points to spare, taking the game 42-28.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Mekhi Adanandus and Kamarri Robinson. Adanandus had a great game and gained 221 total yards and three touchdowns. Meanwhile, Robinson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 108 yards and a touchdown, while also catching a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Heritage was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 220 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Heritage didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chiemezie Nomeh and Christian Cerda.
Meanwhile, Deer Valley was able to grind out a solid victory over Dougherty Valley last Friday, taking the game 28-21.
The critical scores for Deer Valley came from Jahzeer Johnson, Anias Hightower, Gabriel Reis, and Jaylan Bryant.
Heritage pushed their record up to 4-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Deer Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Heritage against Deer Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 50-14 win. Will Heritage repeat their success, or does Deer Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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