Redlands East Valley is 1-9 against Cajon since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Wildcats will look to defend their home field against the Cowboys at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Redlands East Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Redlands to the tune of 69-28 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wildcats.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Vitela Isaac and Anthony Fraire. Isaac had a great game and rushed for 185 yards and two TDs on only eight carries. Meanwhile, Fraire was balling out in the loss, throwing for 275 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while also rushing for 45 yards.
Meanwhile, Cajon had just enough and edged out Beaumont 25-23 on Friday.
Redlands East Valley better focus on containing Jordan White and Marcus Washington as the pair were huge in Cajon's win. White gained 129 total yards and three touchdowns, while Washington threw for 154 yards and two TDs while completing 83.3% of his passes. White's longest rush was for an incredible 72 yards.
Cajon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 231 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2024.
Cajon didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Uziah Todd, Cole Imbriani, and Zion Wallace picked up one apiece. Wallace is becoming a predictor of Cajon's success: when he posts at least one interception the team is undefeated (and 1-3 when he doesn't). Taylor Johnson was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks and making 24 total tackles.
Redlands East Valley's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for Cajon, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Redlands East Valley was taken down by Cajon 47-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. Thankfully for the Wildcats, Evan Powell (who threw for 288 yards and five touchdowns on only 19 passes) 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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