The Mount Miguel Matadors will square off against the Scripps Ranch Falcons 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.
Last Friday, Mount Miguel made easy work of Steele Canyon and carried off a 57-35 victory. Considering the Matadors have won five games by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Mount Miguel's win came down to the chemistry between Aj Stowers and his top target Ezelle Buchanan. Stowers threw for 361 yards and six touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes while Buchanan picked up 104 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Stowers is now averaging an impressive 3.1 passing touchdowns per game. Kj Shields helped Stowers out on the ground, rushing for 101 yards on only ten carries, while also picking up 41 receiving yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Mount Miguel was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 213 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, Scripps Ranch put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Mira Mesa as Scripps Ranch made off with a 31-10 victory. 31 seems to be a good number for the Falcons as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Mount Miguel's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2. As for Scripps Ranch, their record is now 9-0.
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