The Calabasas Coyotes will face off against the Rio Mesa Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Calabasas has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Rio Mesa will arrive with four straight wins.
Last Friday, Calabasas came up short against Santa Barbara and fell 28-21. While losing is never fun, the Coyotes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 209th, while the Dons are ranked 104th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rio Mesa). They managed a 54-48 victory over Thousand Oaks on Friday.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in JJ Bittner and Jackson Taylor. Bittner had a great game and threw for 267 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Taylor was balling out in the loss, throwing for 356 yards and six touchdowns while completing 73% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rio Mesa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thousand Oaks only rushed for 91.
Calabasas' defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Rio Mesa, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2.
Everything came up roses for Calabasas against Rio Mesa in their previous matchup back in November of 2015, as the team secured a 56-17 victory. Will Calabasas repeat their success, or does Rio Mesa have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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