Two dominant backs in James Garza and Erik Coronado are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. Canyon Lake will head out on the road to face off against the Pleasanton Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Canyon Lake is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 41.6 points per game this season.
Canyon Lake will head out to face Pleasanton after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Canyon Lake took a 61-42 bruising from Davenport.
Canyon Lake's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Garza, who gained 213 total yards and two touchdowns, and Jace Wheeler, who threw for 344 yards and four touchdowns. Garza's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 167 rushing yards.
Canyon Lake wouldn't let Davenport keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as J.R. Lindell, Ben Parma, and Joseph Matos Padilla picked up one apiece. Lindell also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four. Another thorn in Davenport's side was Eli Hammons, who made 23 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Even though they lost, Canyon Lake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 200 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Pleasanton was able to grind out a solid victory over Uvalde on Friday, taking the game 20-7.
Coronado was his usual excellent self, rushing for 191 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 107 receiving yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an incredible 99 yards. Another player making a difference was Cade Segura, who threw for 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Canyon Lake's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-3. As for Pleasanton, their win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-5.
Canyon Lake strolled past Pleasanton in their previous matchup back in November of 2017 by a score of 28-10. Does Canyon Lake have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pleasanton turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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