Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shadow Hills). They walked away with a 45-35 victory over the Palm Springs Indians on Thursday. This was payback for the Knights, who suffered a 36-30 loss the last time these two teams met.
Pedro Trujillo was a one-man wrecking crew for Shadow Hills as he threw for 258 yards and two touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes, and also rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown. Those 80 rushing yards gave Trujillo a new career-high. 83 of those passing yards were hauled in by Reef Av..
Shadow Hills wouldn't let Palm Springs keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Shadow Hills can thank Francisco Franco and Noah Fajardo for forcing both of them. Franco also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 15.
When it comes to explaining why Palm Springs lost, don't look at Jordan Johnson. Despite the final result, he rushed for 165 yards and three touchdowns. Bishop Miller was another key player, throwing for 290 yards and two touchdowns.
Shadow Hills is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Palm Springs, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Shadow Hills will challenge Palm Desert at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Palm Springs, they will square off against Xavier Prep at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palm Springs is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
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