Valley Center is 10-0 against Rancho Buena Vista since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Valley Center Jaguars will venture away from home to face off against the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns at 7:00 p.m. Valley Center's defense has only allowed 17.2 points per game this season, so Rancho Buena Vista's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Friday, Valley Center didn't have too much breathing room in their game against San Pasqual, but they still walked away with a 20-14 win.
Valley Center's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Bear Morales led the charge by rushing for 91 yards, while also catching a touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rancho Buena Vista). They blew past Mar Vista 56-14 at home on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Longhorns considering their 12-point performance the match before.
Noah Salazar was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 166 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 60 yards. Another player making a difference was Eric Morales, who rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Rancho Buena Vista was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 252 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Valley Center's record is now 3-1. As for Rancho Buena Vista, their victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-3.
Valley Center strolled past Rancho Buena Vista in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Valley Center since the team 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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