It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Foothill can now relate to. They were just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 27-26 to the Casa Roble Rams. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Rams 12-0 in the first quarter.
Despite the loss, Foothill still got an impressive performance from Izaiah Tua-Laird, who threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Tua-Laird's passing game has become a key predictor of Foothill's success: the team is 4-2 when his passer rating is 110 or higher, but only 2-3 otherwise.
Braylen Blevins continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Casa Roble, rushing for 195 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave Blevins a new career-high in rushing yards.
Foothill's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Casa Roble, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Foothill does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Casa Roble, they will challenge Union Mine at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Union Mine's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points in their last three matchups.
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