The Lone Pine Golden Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Trona Tornadoes at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Lone Pine will aim to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
Lone Pine is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 82-72 to Mojave on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (58), the Golden Eagles still had to take the loss.
Lone Pine's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Gustavo Caro, who gained 273 total yards and five touchdowns, and Tommy Fogarty, who threw for 330 yards and four touchdowns. Fogarty didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack and made two total tackles in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, Trona faced Mammoth in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. The Tornadoes had to suffer through a 76-8 loss at the hands of the Huskies. The Tornadoes have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Lone Pine's loss dropped their record down to 1-6. As for Trona, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Lone Pine strolled past Trona in their previous meeting back in October of 2024 by a score of 58-42. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Tornadoes' Gabe Horta, who rushed for 212 yards and three scores while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also picked up 44 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for the Golden Eagles to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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