Friday just wasn't the day for Otay Ranch's offense. They took a hard 14-0 fall against the Eastlake Titans on Friday. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Titans recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Even if they lost, Otay Ranch's defense still kept up the pressure with five sacks. In that department, Joey Brinkman was the leader with two. He also made five total tackles, which is notable because Otay Ranch is 2-1 when he posts at least four total tackles, but 3-4 otherwise. Otay Ranch got some further help from David Smith: he picked up 0.5 sacks, made 12 total tackles, and defended a pass.
William Schmitz was a one-man wrecking crew for Eastlake as he rushed for 130 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Schmitz has posted since back in October of 2023.
Otay Ranch's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Eastlake, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-6.
Otay Ranch will get a bit of extra time to process the defeat as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Patrick Henry at 7:00 p.m. on November 8th. As for Eastlake, they wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next match, a 24-21 victory against Chula Vista on the 1st.
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