The Rancho Cucamonga Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Murrieta Valley Nighthawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rancho Cucamonga is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.8 points per game this season.
Rancho Cucamonga is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since October 26, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of Damien by a score of 34-31. While the Cougars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Spartans 7-0 in the first quarter.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jacob Chambers and Isaiah Arriaza. Arriaza had a great game and threw for 262 yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile, Chambers was balling out in the loss, throwing for 306 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.3 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 78 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Valley was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Roosevelt 56-3. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 56-0.
Bear Bachmeier had a dynamite game for Murrieta Valley, throwing for 268 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Bachmeier has posted since back in November of 2023. Jacob Alvarez was in the mix as well, providing Murrieta Valley with two touchdowns.
Murrieta Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 203 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Roosevelt only rushed for 48.
Murrieta Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Mekhi Criss and Isaiah Ayers. Ethan Adams was another major factor on D, picking up a sack, making ten total tackles (2.0 for loss), and defending a pass.
The win made it two in a row for Murrieta Valley and bumps their season record up to 8-2. As for Rancho Cucamonga, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4.
Rancho Cucamonga ended up a good deal behind Murrieta Valley in their previous meeting back in August, losing 35-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Murrieta Valley's Dorian Hoze, who rushed for 182 yards and five touchdowns. Now that Rancho Cucamonga knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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