The Antelope Valley Antelopes will challenge the Quartz Hill Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Antelope Valley comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
Antelope Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Highland on Friday. They were outmatched by the Bulldogs and fell 35-0. While losing is never fun, the Antelopes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 876th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 386th).
Meanwhile, Quartz Hill got themselves on the board against Eastside on Friday, but Eastside never followed suit. They breezed past the Lions to the tune of 49-0. The Royals haven't had any issues with the Lions recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive victory against them.
Antelope Valley better keep an eye on Brody Larey. He was instrumental in Quartz Hill's win, throwing for 167 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes, and also punching in a pair of scores on the ground. What's more, Larey racked up 157.9 passer rating, the most he's had since back in November of 2024. Another player making a difference was Jamal Jackson, who picked up 93 receiving yards and a pair of TDs.
Antelope Valley's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Quartz Hill, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Antelope Valley took a serious blow against Quartz Hill when the teams last played back in October of 2024, falling 41-7. Thankfully for the Antelopes, Jaden Graham (who rushed for 153 yards and four scores on only 13 carries) 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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