It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Buena can now relate to. They took a 41-26 bruising from the Verrado Vipers on Friday. The match marked the Colts' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Although Buena took the loss, they still got scores from Jayden Thomas, Andres Bonilla, and Michael Lujan.
A big part of Verrado's win came down to the chemistry between Malachi Wilt and his top target Deriece Brown. Wilt threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per attempt while Brown picked up 176 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Brown really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 94 yards. Jack Isidore helped Wilt out on the ground, rushing for 85 yards and three touchdowns.
Buena's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-3. As for Verrado, the victory (which was their fifth in a row) raised their record to 10-2.
Buena does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Verrado has also already played their next matchup, a 27-14 loss against Desert Edge on the 29th.
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