El Capitan has gone 3-0 against El Cajon Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The El Capitan Vaqueros will look to defend their home field against the El Cajon Valley Braves at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (El Capitan has five straight wins, El Cajon Valley has ten straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
El Capitan's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat West Hills 41-0.
A big part of El Capitan's victory came down to the chemistry between Brandt Barker and his top target Micheal Valencia. Barker threw for 168 yards and four touchdowns while completing 88.2% of his passes while Valencia picked up 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Valencia a new career-high in rushing yards (24). Another player making a difference was Brady Joralemon, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
Joralemon was just one part of a punishing run game: El Capitan was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. That's a new trend for El Capitan: they were averaging 77.8 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last three games they've averaged 165.
Meanwhile, El Cajon Valley scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They took a 35-18 bruising from Valhalla.
Although El Cajon Valley took the loss, they still got scores from Edwin Carmona, Amir Miller, and Fabian Carmona.
El Capitan's win bumped their record up to 6-3. As for El Cajon Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-9.
El Capitan skirted past El Cajon Valley 31-28 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was El Cajon Valley's Darick Dubose, who rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.3 yards per carry, and also threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for El Capitan to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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