The Diamond Bar Brahmas will venture away from home to take on the Walnut Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Walnut took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Diamond Bar, who comes in off a win.
Diamond Bar is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 55-28 win over Chino. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Brahmas.
Diamond Bar can attribute much of their success to Quinton Mendoza, who threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.2 yards per attempt. A healthy portion of that aerial production (138 yards to be exact) went to Collin Pearce.
Diamond Bar was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Meanwhile, Walnut was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a blow against Los Altos, falling 38-0. The match marked the first time this year in which the Mustangs were not able to get on the board.
Diamond Bar's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-7. As for Walnut, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Everything went Diamond Bar's way against Walnut in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Diamond Bar made off with a 35-12 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Diamond Bar since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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