It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Rancho Cucamonga can now relate to. They took a 49-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Despite the loss, Rancho Cucamonga still got an impressive performance from Jacob Chambers, who threw for 291 yards and three touchdowns while completing 79.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 89 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. That's the most rushing yards Chambers has posted since back in September. Keyonn Chatman handled things on the ground, rushing for 95 yards and a rushing touchdown.
Even though they lost, Rancho Cucamonga was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their rushing yard total in four consecutive games.
It was another big night for Dorian Hoze, who rushed for 148 yards and five touchdowns for Murrieta Valley. Another player making a difference was Bear Bachmeier, who rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown.
Rancho Cucamonga's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Murrieta Valley, they pushed their record up to 9-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home.
Rancho Cucamonga does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Murrieta Valley, they will challenge Los Alamitos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Murrieta Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.1 points per game this season.
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