With Zero Week out of the way, last week, also known as Week One, took place starting Thursday, Aug. 24, around the Southwest Riverside County region for prep football teams. Scores, along with certain game notes for Week One high school football games involving local teams inside our coverage area, were reported as follows:
Thursday 8/24
Nonleague
Desert Christian – 14, California Military Institute – 13
Temescal Canyon – 35, Hilltop – 21
Paloma Valley – 27, Moreno Valley – 20
Game note: Paloma Valley’s 27-20 win over Moreno Valley was a complete team victory according to Wildcat’s Coach Merida. In a game where the lead changed hands four times, with both teams being able to move the ball successfully, it would be a Damian Ramirez 1-yard touchdown run that was the final straw. With 8:03 remaining in the third quarter, Paloma Valley (2-0) got the lead they needed to stay ahead. Ramirez, who is also a Wildcat track and field runner, gained 78 yards on 18 carries.
Citrus Hill – 32, Rubidoux – 15
West Valley – 43, Maranatha – 24.
Rancho Christian – 40, Yucca Valley – 19
Friday 8/25
Nonleague
Chaparral – 28, Apple Valley – 24
Game notes:Â Chaparral defeated the visiting Apple Valley Sundevils by the score of 28-24, by using big plays late in the 4th quarter to come from behind to get the victory. Jayce Venable scored twice including a 55-yard touchdown that would prove to be the game winner for the Pumas. It took a while, but QB Dash Beierly got the Pumas offense clicking in the second half. – David Canales, VN Photog
Cornerstone Christian – 74, Sherman Oaks CES – 6 (8-Man)
Culver City – 72, San Jacinto – 63
Fallbrook – 31, Linfield Christian – 17
Game notes: Fallbrook High School’s football team had 369 yards of total offense in the Warriors’ 31-17 win Aug. 25 at Linfield Christian, but some of those yards were necessary to overcome penalties against the Warriors. That included four false start penalties against Fallbrook. Although the only three Linfield turnovers were on the Lions’ first three possessions of the game, Fallbrook now has six takeaways for the season and the Warriors did not turn over the ball in either game. Linfield gained 136 yards through the air and 75 on the ground. – Joe Naiman, reporter
La Quinta – 56, Heritage – 14
Tahquitz – 35, Lakeside – 12
Vista Murrieta – 35, Murrieta Mesa – 3
Murrieta Valley – 35, Great Oak – 14
Cajon – 42, Orange Vista – 28
Perris – 48, Miller – 37
Liberty – 35, Sultana – 12
Temecula Valley – 17, Elsinore – 7
Game notes: With Jaden Eddy’s 91 rushing yards and a touchdown, combined with Tristan Lawson’s 77 yards in the air and a TD pass to Jake Cella, Temecula Valley took claim of the Perpetual Trophy for the seventh straight season, kind of. With no game being played in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their 17-7 victory over Tigers last Friday night helps keep it the paws of the Golden Bears yet again. Elsinore, who’s only score game Caden Maxfield on rushing TD, the Tigers last defeated Temecula Valley, 28-0, in their 2016 season, and at the time it was their fifth win of the six games played in the Perpetual series between two of the oldest schools in the Temecula Valley portion of Southwest Riverside County. Now, for the eleventh time facing each other, Temecula Valley has taken control of the series at 6 to 5. – JP Raineri, VN Sports Editor
Tri-City Christian – 28, Temecula Prep – 25
St. Jeanne de Lestonnac – 50, Hamilton – 44
Saturday 8/26
Santa Rosa Academy – 52, Nuview Bridge – 22
California Lutheran – 24, San Pasqual Academy – 22 (8-Man)
This season the Valley News Sports Department is also teaming up with Inland Sports and will be on the sidelines at as many games as we can be, but due to print space and manpower, it may be in more of a limited coverage area. If your team is not getting the coverage they deserve, please share photos and stats by utilizing the contact information at the end of this article.
*All stats, schedules, photos, and scores are supplied by local high school athletic directors, MaxPreps, CIF-SS offices, contributing writers/photographers and countless fans of the games via social media. Is your team’s score missing? Want to leave a game note? Let us know if your school is inside our coverage area and would like to be mentioned.
JP Raineri can be reached by email at sports@reedermedia.com.
