Pioneer and Cerritos are an even 4-4 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Pioneer Titans will venture away from home to challenge the Cerritos Dons at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pioneer is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.3 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Pioneer came up short against Rowland and fell 32-21.
Pioneer wouldn't let Rowland keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Jose Rojas was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Meanwhile, Cerritos was able to grind out a solid victory over Don Lugo on Friday, taking the game 31-24. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Dons.
Cerritos can attribute much of their success to Justin Sagun, who threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes, and also rushed for 37 yards and a touchdown. Sagun showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 55 yards. Ruben Castro also deserves a mention for his punt return touchdown.
Pioneer's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Cerritos, their record now sits at 5-2.
Pioneer was taken down by Cerritos 55-0 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cerritos' Dikshanta Adhikari, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Pioneer knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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