The Camarillo Scorpions will head out on the road to square off against the Rio Mesa Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Camarillo can't be to happy about their upcoming road contest considering what happened when they opened their season on the away from home on Friday. They lost 42-17 to Santa Barbara. While losing is never fun, the Scorpions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while the Dons are ranked 124th).
Camarillo's defeat came about despite a quality game from Shane Feller, who rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Rio Mesa and Moorpark were almost perfectly matched up on Friday, but Rio Mesa suffered a 42-41 loss.
Rio Mesa might have lost, but man, Jj Bittner was a machine: he rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Noah Ramos was Bittner's top target, picking up 179 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Camarillo came up short against Rio Mesa in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 48-35. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bittner, who threw for 345 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Now that Camarillo knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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