Heritage Christian is 2-7 against Valley Christian since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Heritage Christian Warriors will square off against the Valley Christian Defenders at 7:00 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Heritage Christian's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Aquinas on Friday. They had to suffer through a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Falcons. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 428th, while the Falcons are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Valley Christian was not quite Village Christian's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 16-14. The Defenders have struggled against the Crusaders recently, as their game on Friday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Austin Abrahams and Everson Mathis. Mathis had a solid game and threw for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Abrahams was balling out in the loss, throwing for 194 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 33 yards and a touchdown.
Even if they lost, Valley Christian's defense still kept up the pressure with four sacks. Jackson Halter-Caldarella was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up twohimself.
Heritage Christian is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-4. As for Valley Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-2.
Heritage Christian and Valley Christian were almost perfectly matched up in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, but Heritage Christian suffered an agonizing 22-21 loss. Can Heritage Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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