Tustin has been away from home for three games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will welcome the Capistrano Valley Cougars at 7:00 p.m. One thing working in Tustin's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Tustin gave up the first points last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They walked away with a 32-21 win over Western. Given the Tillers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Pioneers are ranked 193rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Capistrano Valley had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They came out on top against the Vanguards by a score of 28-21.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tommy Acosta and Xzavior Guess. Acosta had a great game and threw for 229 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Guess was balling out in the loss, rushing for 170 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.4 yards per carry, and also throwing for 147 yards and two touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes.
Tustin pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Capistrano Valley, their win bumped their record up to an identical 8-1.
Tustin was taken down by Capistrano Valley 45-13 when the teams last played back in August of 2022. Thankfully for Tustin, Trey Kukuk (who rushed for 189 yards and four touchdowns on only 11 carries, and also threw for 237 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.8 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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