The Tulare Western Mustangs will challenge the Lemoore Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Tulare Western is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Hanford just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Thursday. They were beaten by the Bullpups 42-7. The contest marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lemoore). They blew past Dinuba 52-20 on the road on Friday. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 26.8 points per game.
Josiah Rodriguez had an outrageously good game as he threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Rylan Scott was Rodriguez's top target, picking up 107 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Tulare Western's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2. As for Lemoore, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
Tulare Western was dealt a bruising 29-0 loss at the hands of Lemoore in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Tulare Western, Damien Hernandez (who rushed for 55 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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