There's no place like home for Valencia, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They came out on top against the Chaparral Lobos by a score of 52-44 on Friday. With that victory, the Jaguars brought their scoring average up to 30 points per game.
Aidan Harrington went supernova for Valencia, rushing for 102 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 104 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes. That's the most rushing yards Harrington has posted since back in August of 2023.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Valencia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 432 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in five consecutive games.
Valencia has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Chaparral, their loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-5.
Valencia will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Manzano at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th. Manzano knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past five matchups -- so hopefully Valencia likes a good challenge. As for Chaparral, they didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next match, a 20-14 win against Silver on the 10th.
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