The Rancho Verde Mustangs will square off against the Vista del Lago Ravens at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Rancho Verde is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past JW North 42-14 on the road on Friday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Huskies are ranked 478th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Jimmy Cruz and he. Cruz rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries while he rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Brandon Gilliam's longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rancho Verde was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 246 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 67.7 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three contests they've averaged 180.
Meanwhile, Vista del Lago put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They enjoyed a cozy 43-26 victory over Liberty.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Vista del Lago to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josiah Dupree Boyd, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 242 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.9% of his passes. Fabian Bolanos was Dupree Boyd's top target, rushing for 76 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries, while also picking up 67 receiving yards.
The win got Rancho Verde back to even at 3-3. As for Vista del Lago, their victory was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
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