The Villa Park Spartans have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Mira Costa Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Villa Park has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 142 points over their last three games.
Villa Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Ayala 57-13 at home last Friday. With the Spartans ahead 30-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Villa Park had a senior duo take command as Diego P?rez picked up 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Dominic Ancich rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 72 yards. Brody Armenta got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Villa Park's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Nate Lewis, Gunnar Dahl, and Dahl picked up one apiece. Sean Byrnes also set a new season high mark in total tackles with nine.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 34 points the game before, Mira Costa was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They lost 28-7 to San Juan Hills. The loss was the Mustangs' first of the season.
Villa Park's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mira Costa, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 3-1.
Friday's contest might be decided in the on the ground. Villa Park has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 163.5 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Mira Costa struggles in that department as they've been averaging 174.2. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Villa Park strolled past Mira Costa when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 28-13. Will Villa Park repeat their success, or does Mira Costa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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