Trabuco Hills is preparing for their first league matchup of the season on Friday. They will be playing in front of their home fans against the El Modena Vanguards at 7:00 p.m. Trabuco Hills has given up an average of 33.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Trabuco Hills is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 43 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Corona del Mar on Friday. They lost 35-13 to the Sea Kings. The game marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Trabuco Hills saw an underclassman step up: freshman Jackson Verplancke threw for 222 yards and two TDs.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Modena). Everything went their way against San Pedro two weeks ago as they made off with a 34-14 victory. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 28-0.
El Modena's win came from a few key players Trabuco Hills will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Ethan Sorenson, who threw for 137 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and also rushed for 67 yards on only eight carries. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in passing touchdowns (two). Arnol Correa was Sorenson's top target, picking up 18 receiving yards.
Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something El Modena proved: they limited San Pedro to a paltry 3.1 yards per carry. The team can thank Aiden Sullivan for the heroic effort on defense: he. El Modena didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 5.7.
Trabuco Hills' loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for El Modena, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.
Trabuco Hills might still be hurting after the 30-7 defeat they got from El Modena in their previous meeting back in October of 2024. Thankfully for the Mustangs, Xzavior Guess (who rushed for 108 yards and one score on only 12 carries, and also threw for 224 yards and one TD while completing 83.3% of his passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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