Two dominant signal callers in Xzavior Guess and Tristan Zale are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The El Modena Vanguards will look to defend their home field on Thursday against the Trabuco Hills Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. El Modena knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past five contests -- so hopefully Trabuco Hills likes a good challenge.
Last Friday, El Modena humbled Mission College Prep with a 48-21 victory. The Vanguards might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 20 points or more this season.
Guess was his usual excellent self, rushing for 149 yards and three touchdowns on only nine carries, while also throwing for 209 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 78 yards. Connor Smith was Guess' top target, picking up 58 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Trabuco Hills' undefeated season came to an end after four games on Friday. They took a 51-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Corona del Mar. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (35), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Trabuco Hills might have lost, but man, Landon Pompey was a machine: he rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Alex Kiernan, who picked up 115 receiving yards and a touchdown.
El Modena's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. As for Trabuco Hills, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
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