While Moreno Valley put up some points on Monday, the same can't be said for Palm Desert. The Moreno Valley Vikings walked away with a 12-0 victory over the Palm Desert Aztecs. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 199th, while the Aztecs are ranked 428th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Moreno Valley came from Olivia Toki and Janiyah Harris.
Moreno Valley's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Toki and Marissa Martinez. Martinez has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last three times she's played. Another thorn in Palm Desert's side was Amera Collins, who made 14 total tackles and defended a pass.
Moreno Valley is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Palm Desert, the loss snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 3-5 record.
Moreno Valley will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Vista del Lago at 6:30 p.m. Moreno Valley is facing Vista del Lago at the right time seeing as Vista del Lago is stuck on a seven-game losing streak. As for Palm Desert, they will face off against Indio at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Indio's defense has only allowed 17.6 points per game this season, so Palm Desert's offense will have their work cut out for them.
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