The Canyon Comanches will venture away from home to take on the Irvine Vaqueros at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Canyon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.8 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Canyon had to suffer through a 63-35 loss at the hands of El Toro. While losing is never fun, the Comanches can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 468th, while the Chargers are ranked 214th).
Despite the defeat, Canyon got top-tier performance from Alexander Lundsberg, who threw for 491 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown. Lundsberg is crushing it when it comes to passing yards: he's passed for at least 324 every time he's taken the field this season. Hayden Salyards was Lundsberg's top target, picking up 122 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, the third road match was the charm for Irvine, as they earned their first road win of the season. They strolled past Santa Ana with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 22-7.
This is the second loss in a row for Canyon and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for Irvine, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
Canyon took a serious blow against Irvine in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, falling 42-14. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Canyon was down 36-7.
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