The Murrieta Mesa Rams have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Northwood Timberwolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Murrieta Mesa is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Ontario Christian 42-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Rams just coasted through the last quarter.
Artyon Celestine was his usual excellent self, rushing for 52 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 80 receiving yards. Murrieta Mesa is undefeated when Celestine posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-4 otherwise. Jesse Wilhite got in on the action as well, converting a pick into a touchdown.
Murrieta Mesa didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Kainoa Ching, Chase Matthews, and Wilhite picked up one apiece. With that strong performance, Ching is now averaging an impressive 5.8 total tackles per game. Murrieta Mesa got some further help from Isaiah Casillas: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwood). They enjoyed a cozy 34-20 win over Ayala on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Timberwolves who have now won three contests in a row.
Murrieta Mesa's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 42.0 points per game. As for Northwood, their victory bumped their record up to 9-2.
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