The Del Mar Dons will challenge the Silver Creek Raiders at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Del Mar has six straight wins, Silver Creek has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Del Mar will bounce into Friday's match after beating Independence, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Del Mar strolled past Independence with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 21-3.
Jake Schwoob was his usual excellent self, rushing for 136 yards and a touchdown. Another back making a difference was Aidan Rock, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Del Mar was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 269 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 17 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Del Mar didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Isaiah Molina and Nico Collins.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek came up short against Pioneer on Thursday and fell 16-7.
Del Mar pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Silver Creek, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Del Mar suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Silver Creek when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Can Del Mar avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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