Palo Verde Valley is 1-7 against Imperial since November of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Palo Verde Valley Yellow Jackets will challenge the Imperial Tigers at 7:00 p.m.
Palo Verde Valley is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Friday. They were outmatched by Coachella Valley on the road and fell 54-0. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 874th, while the Mighty Arabs are ranked 322nd).
Meanwhile, Imperial put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They beat Fallbrook by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 48-7. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ point.
A big part of the victory came down to the chemistry between Jayden Ayala and his top target Deren Hueso. Ayala rushed for 95 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries while Hueso rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry.
Imperial's defense made their presence known, laying out Evan Thomas. ten times. Danny Esquivez led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Samuel Ruvalcaba also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Imperial was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 315 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Palo Verde Valley's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Imperial, their record now sits at 4-0.
Palo Verde Valley lost to Imperial on the road by a decisive 14-0 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Palo Verde Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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