Mission Viejo is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Basha is on a five-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Mission Viejo Diablos will host the Basha Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Mission Viejo is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Highland 63-6 on the road on Friday. Fans of the Diablos have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Mission Viejo to victory, but perhaps none more so than Drai Trudeau, who threw for 249 yards and two touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. Vance Spafford was another key pass catcher, picking up 96 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Basha faced Saguaro in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Basha claimed a resounding 50-0 win over Saguaro at home. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Bears just coasted through the last quarter.
Broderick Vehrs was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 181 yards and two touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Mclver, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
Mission Viejo's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Basha, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
The upcoming contest will be a clash of competing strengths. Mission Viejo has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 277.8 passing yards per game. Basha, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 225.3 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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