The Las Lomas Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Amador Valley Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Amador Valley took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Las Lomas, who comes in off a win.
If Amador Valley heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Las Lomas took over last week. Las Lomas came out on top against Acalanes by a score of 21-14 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Knights.
Las Lomas' success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Dylan Thomas led the charge by rushing for 41 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 153 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Thomas has posted since back in October of 2023. Las Lomas also got a significant boost from Kaden Lagaya, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 138 yards.
Las Lomas didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Cole Silva led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Cole Havrilenko is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least five every time he's taken the field this season.
Meanwhile, Amador Valley was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 54-48 to California. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (32), the Dons still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Amador Valley got top-tier performance from Tristan Tia, who threw for 412 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. With that strong performance, Tia is now averaging an impressive 303.9 passing yards per game. Ben Stout was Tia's top target, picking up 118 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Las Lomas' victory bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Amador Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Las Lomas has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 171.4 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Amador Valley has preferred to attack from the air: they average 303.9 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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