Rancho Christian is still undefeated this season after their game against Yucca Valley on Friday, but Yucca Valley came as close as anyone has to beating them. The Rancho Christian Eagles narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Yucca Valley Trojans 44-41. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Eagles also won the last time the pair played back in August of 2023.
Will Ford went supernova for Rancho Christian, rushing for 180 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Everett Glover, who picked up 61 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Rancho Christian wouldn't let Yucca Valley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rancho Christian can thank Glover and Kal-El Gonzalez for forcing both of them. Gonzalez also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, forcing a fumble and making four total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rancho Christian was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 474 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Despite the loss, Yucca Valley still got an impressive performance from Michael Ramos Jr, who rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. 81 of those passing yards were hauled in by Aiden Pope, who also brought in a receiving touchdown.
Rancho Christian's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Yucca Valley, their loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-1.
Rancho Christian will head out on the road to face off against West Valley at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Yucca Valley, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Serrano at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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