Irvine entered their game against Troy on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Vaqueros and the Warriors were almost perfectly matched up, but the Vaqueros suffered a 21-20 defeat. While losing is never fun, the Vaqueros can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 268th, while the Warriors are ranked 119th).
Ethan Mundt continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Troy, rushing for 185 yards and three TDs while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also picking up 34 receiving yards. Mundt showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 53 yards.
Irvine suffered their first home loss, dropping their record down to 6-3. As for Troy, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 8-1.
We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Irvine is set to square off against their familiar foe Sonora at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Troy will challenge rival El Toro at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. That matchup will pit two of the most dominant backs against one another: Mundt and Makya Chee.
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