After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Monte Vista is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the North Fork Miners at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Monte Vista will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up eight points last Friday, then bounced right back against Rye on Friday. Monte Vista took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 43-7 victory over Rye.
A big part of the win came down to the chemistry between Kaden Madrid and his top target Azariah Hurtado. Madrid threw for 303 yards and six touchdowns on only 17 passes while Hurtado picked up 190 receiving yards and five touchdowns. With that strong performance, Hurtado is now averaging an impressive 105 receiving yards per game. Jacob Pacheco helped Madrid out on the ground, rushing for 119 yards on only 15 carries.
Monte Vista wouldn't let Rye keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Monte Vista can thank Danny Romero and Alex Marquez for forcing both of them. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Monte Vista was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 473 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Rye only gained 225.
Meanwhile, North Fork can finally bid farewell to their three-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game last Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Center 46-6 at home. The Miners' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
The critical scores for North Fork came from Braeden Flores, Payson Pene, and Stellar Cook.
North Fork's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Pene and Alex Csere. Csere also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles (1.0 for loss) in addition to snagging an interception.
Monte Vista suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to North Fork in their previous meeting back in September of 2021. Can Monte Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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