The Oak Ridge Trojans will challenge the Monterey Trail Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Oak Ridge sitting on four straight wins and Monterey Trail on seven.
Last Friday, Oak Ridge beat Rocklin 17-6.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Monterey Trail had no problem doing just that on Friday. They took down the Trojans 53-34. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Trojans are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in D'ADRIEN SANDERS and Jordin Thomas. SANDERS had a great game and rushed for 243 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Thomas was balling out in the loss, rushing for 160 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Monterey Trail was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 378 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 161 rushing yards in 22 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Oak Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.7 points per game. As for Monterey Trail, they pushed their record up to 7-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Oak Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over Monterey Trail in their previous meeting back in November of 2019, winning 35-27. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Monterey Trail's Prophet Brown, who picked up 153 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Oak Ridge to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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