Two dominant backs in D'ADRIEN SANDERS and Bobby Mitchell are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Monterey Trail Mustangs will challenge the Pleasant Grove Eagles at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. Monterey Trail will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
Monterey Trail is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Sheldon 47-0 at home on Friday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 153rd, while the Huskies are ranked 442nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Monterey Trail relied on the efforts of ODIE JEFFERSON, who rushed for 140 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, and KADEN LOVE, who rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. JEFFERSON's longest rush was for an impressive 67 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. ISAIAH COSTLEY got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Monterey Trail was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 17 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Monterey Trail wouldn't let Sheldon keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. ELIJAH FOLAU was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Grove fought the good fight in their overtime game against Sheldon last Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Huskies by a score of 6-3. The match marked the Eagles' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Monterey Trail's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Pleasant Grove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
Monterey Trail strolled past Pleasant Grove when the teams last played back in November of 2019 by a score of 28-14. Does Monterey Trail have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pleasant Grove turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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