The Miyamura Patriots will square off against the Highland Hornets at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Miyamura is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Miyamura will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up six points last Saturday, then bounced right back against Belen on Friday. Miyamura strolled past Belen with points to spare, taking the game 35-21. The Patriots pushed the score to 35-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles cut but never quite recovered from.
Miyamura can attribute much of their success to Salid Rashid, who threw for 259 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 13.0 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 36 yards and a touchdown. Javier Flores was Rashid's top target, picking up 130 receiving yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Miyamura's defense and their five sacks. Leading the way was Landon Varela with two.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Highland beat Valley 26-20 on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Hornets.
Amiri Mumba continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown. An impressive showing, but he really ramped things up playing D: he picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (2.0 for loss). David Crespin made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Highland'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 Crespin and Isai Herrera.
The victory got Miyamura back to even at 3-3. As for Highland, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Miyamura ended up a good deal behind Highland when the teams last played back in October of 2023, losing 43-24. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mumba, who rushed for 303 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 9.8 yards per carry. Now that Miyamura 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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