Two dominant signal callers in Draven Lopez and Emiliano Villarreal are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Hemet Bulldogs will be playing at home against the Rancho Christian Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Hemet focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Hemet will head into Friday's matchup out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Friday after a huge 41-point win in their prior game. They fell just short of Rancho Christian by a score of 31-28. The loss put an end to the Bulldogs' undefeated start to the season.
Hemet's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Christopher Washington, who picked up 98 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Lopez, who threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns. Washington got the majority of those receiving yards when he pulled down a pass and took off for a gain of 65 yards. A healthy portion of Lopez's aerial production (81 yards to be exact) also went to Tyler Trout.
Rancho Christian has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 33.9 points per game. As for Hemet, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-1.
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