Shadow Hills and La Quinta are an even 4-4 against one another since October of 2016, but not for long. The Shadow Hills Knights will host the La Quinta Blackhawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Shadow Hills focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Thursday.
Shadow Hills is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 45 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Palm Desert on Thursday. They took a 17-7 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Aztecs. Despite 54 more yards than the Aztecs, the Knights couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Jojo Diaz put forth a good effort for the losing side as he rushed for 134 yards while picking up 7.4 yards per carry. Those 134 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. Pedro Trujillo also helped out by tossing the rock for 263 yards.
Meanwhile, La Quinta entered their tilt with Rancho Mirage on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took down the Rattlers 42-28.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in James Madden Ruberg and Jeremiah Williams. Ruberg had a great game and rushed for 276 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.5 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Williams was balling out in the loss, rushing for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while also picking up 42 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, La Quinta was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 380 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 183 rushing yards in eight consecutive matchups.
Shadow Hills' loss dropped their record down to 5-3. As for La Quinta, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Shadow Hills took a serious blow against La Quinta in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 53-16. Will Shadow Hills have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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