Two dominant signal callers in Elijah Walker and Dylan Burke are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Chavez Titans will challenge the Rodriguez Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Chavez sitting on eight straight victories and Rodriguez on ten.
Chavez will bounce into Friday's game after beating Stagg, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Chavez came out on top against Stagg by a score of 28-21 on Friday.
Walker continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 210 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Julio Ruiz was in the mix too, providing Chavez with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Rodriguez didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Pioneer two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 12-7 win. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Patriots are ranked 391st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rodriguez wouldn't let Pioneer keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rodriguez can thank Antoine Wroten and Amare Williams-Palaamo for forcing both of them. Wroten also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13.
Chavez's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.7 points per game. As for Rodriguez, their win bumped their record up to 10-0.
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