Murrieta Valley entered their tilt with San Clemente on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 35-25 victory over the San Clemente Tritons. The Nighthawks have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Tritons, too.
Dorian Hoze continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 210 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023. Kurelle Thomas was in the mix as well, providing Murrieta Valley with two touchdowns.
Murrieta Valley's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB four times. San Clemente's QB won't forget Santana Letua anytime soon given he sacked him three times. Letua also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Murrieta Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 276 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 168 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Loss or not, San Clemente got some senior leadership from Colin Kohl and Dawson Martinez. Kohl gained 132 total yards and a touchdown, while Martinez rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown.
Murrieta Valley's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for San Clemente, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
Murrieta Valley has already played their next match, a 42-27 victory against Norco on the 3rd. As for San Clemente, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Coronado at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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