After three games on the road, Los Altos is heading back home. They will welcome the California Condors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Los Altos will be strutting in after a win while California will be coming in after a defeat.
Los Altos is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They strolled past Gahr with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 43-26.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Los Altos to victory, but perhaps none more so than Evan Rojas, who rushed for 72 yards and three touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Diego Castillo, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Los Altos was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 225 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Los Altos' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Marquez Garcia, Rojas, and Rojas picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, California was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They were dealt a 52-13 defeat at the hands of Sonora.
California's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Brian Padilla, who rushed for 166 yards while picking up 8.7 yards per carry, and Nick Coronado, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns. Padilla showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 66 yards.
The victory got Los Altos back to even at 2-2. As for California, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Los Altos' way against California in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Los Altos made off with a 41-21 win. Does Los Altos have another victory up their sleeve, or will California turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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