The Paloma Valley Wildcats are taking a road trip to square off against the Diamond Bar Brahmas at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Paloma Valley has three straight victories, Diamond Bar has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Paloma Valley will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Heritage, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Paloma Valley came out on top against Heritage by a score of 28-18 on Saturday.
Isaac Navarro and Javon Major were among the main playmakers for Paloma Valley as the former threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt and the latter gained 117 total yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Diamond Bar came up short against El Toro on Friday and fell 27-14. While losing is never fun, the Brahmas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 473rd, while the Chargers are ranked 222nd).
The losing side was boosted by Quinton Mendoza, who threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns.
Paloma Valley's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Diamond Bar, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Paloma Valley ended up a good deal behind Diamond Bar when the teams last played back in September of 2023, losing 35-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mendoza, who threw for 329 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.2 yards per attempt. Now that Paloma Valley knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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