The Mira Mesa Marauders will be playing in front of their home fans against the Sweetwater Red Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mira Mesa is looking for their season's first win.
Mira Mesa will head into Friday's matchup ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Mission Bay on Friday, but the two-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 21-point loss they were dealt two weeks ago. Mira Mesa fell just short of Mission Bay by a score of 30-28.
Meanwhile, Sweetwater suffered their biggest defeat since August 18, 2023 on Friday. They took a blow against Mater Dei Catholic, falling 47-14. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 597th, while the Crusaders are ranked 173rd).
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Zaryan Crews and Kartell Purvis. Purvis had a great game and threw for 241 yards and three touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. Meanwhile, Crews was balling out in the loss, rushing for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry.
Even though they lost, Sweetwater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Mira Mesa's loss dropped their record down to 0-10. As for Sweetwater, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Mira Mesa against Sweetwater in their previous meeting back in October of 2015, as the team secured a 49-21 victory. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Sweetwater's Alfredo Ulloa, who rushed for 146 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries, and also picked up 36 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Mira Mesa to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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