After each having a week off, the Tustin Tillers and the Cypress Centurions will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tustin knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Cypress likes a good challenge.
Tustin's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Saturday's struggle, when Yorba Linda offense got past them. Tustin fell to Yorba Linda 35-31. The contest marked the Tillers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Tustin might have lost, but man, Eimesse Essis was a machine: he rushed for 202 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.1 yards per carry. That's the most rushing yards Essis has posted since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jackson Perez, who picked up 46 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 42 points the game before, Cypress was a bit more limited in their match last Friday. They were beaten by Tesoro 42-7. While losing is never fun, the Centurions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 246th, while the Titans are ranked 106th).
The defeat snapped Tustin's winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-1 record. As for Cypress, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Tustin against Cypress when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the squad secured a 49-17 victory. Will Tustin repeat their success, or does Cypress have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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