Palmdale extended their losing streak (dating back to last season) to four on Friday, dropping them down to 0-3. They lost 49-26 to the Roosevelt Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Mustangs are ranked 162nd).
Palmdale lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Elleyon Clark, who rushed for 101 yards and one score on only 14 carries, and also picked up 50 receiving yards and one touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 66 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Joshua Suarez was another key player, throwing for 202 yards and three TDs.
As for Roosevelt, the victory got them back to even at 2-2. 49 seems to be a good number for them as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Roosevelt was led to victory by Blake Nadler and Jalen James. Nadler threw for 237 yards and one touchdown while completing 77.8% of his passes, while James rushed for 75 yards and a pair of scores on only eight carries. Those 75 rushing yards gave James a new career-high.
Palmdale has already played their next game, a 71-22 loss against Lancaster on the 19th. As for Roosevelt, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 35-26 victory against Santiago on the 19th.
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