The Palm Desert Aztecs will square off against the Shadow Hills Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Last Friday, Palm Desert came up short against Rancho Mirage and fell 17-10.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shadow Hills). They walked away with a 45-35 victory over Palm Springs on Thursday.
Pedro Trujillo had a dynamite game for Shadow Hills, throwing for 258 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushing for 80 yards and a touchdown. Those 80 rushing yards gave Trujillo a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Jojo Diaz, who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns.
Shadow Hills wouldn't let Palm Springs keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Shadow Hills can thank Francisco Franco and Noah Fajardo for forcing both of them. Franco also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15.
Palm Desert now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Shadow Hills, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
Palm Desert came up short against Shadow Hills in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 34-21. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Trujillo, who picked up 73 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 62 yards. Now that Palm Desert knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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