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EP#38-Coachella Valley High School Football Week Zero Takeaways · Desert Valley Blitz

• 0:07
  SPEAKER_02: Welcome back, everybody, to Desert Valley Blitz.
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_02: Super exciting time of year, right, Coach Josh?
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_01: My favorite time of year.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_02: It's our favorite time of the year because hey, week zero just ended, and we're here to kind of wrap up the week.
• 0:20
  SPEAKER_02: Great week of football for the desert.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_02: Some teams stepped up, some teams maybe had a little disappointment week zero, but that's it's a long season.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_02: They'll find their flooding.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's a marathon, not a spring.
• 0:30
  SPEAKER_02: So all those teams out there that didn't perform as well as they wanted to, I think there's plenty of time in this season.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_02: They'll be fine.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_02: So starting with Thursday night games.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_02: Our Palm Springs Indians went out to Hemmett.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_02: Tough game.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I watched a little bit of this game.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_02: Final score.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_02: Hemmett 37, Palm Springs 6.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 0:50
  SPEAKER_02: You took a you watched the film on the game.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_02: What was your take?
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_01: It was a little surprising to see Palm Springs get pushed around in the trenches a little bit.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I don't know if it was Palm Springs is thin there or they just don't have the right guys.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: Are Hemits that good?
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: Because they had some big fast, active lineman, not just on offense, but uh on the defensive side of the ball.
• 1:10
  SPEAKER_01: Hemmitt was uh impressive on the line.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_01: And um I think uh it was a Devin Sessions quarterback was kind of running for his life mostly.
• 1:18
  SPEAKER_01: He made some plays.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he made some great plays, but it's hard to do that all game.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, especially against a good defense.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and they were playing really well.
• 1:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so tough to see Palm Springs, you know.
• 1:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think they will bounce back.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it'll be it'll be better, you know, against another opponent, I think, because Hemett looked nice, man.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_01: It was good running back.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_01: They play good ball up there, man.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_02: And it's a good program.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they're they're in the playoffs every year.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_02: Um, I got to see a little bit of that game too.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, same same impression you had, Hemett will look dominant up front.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Springs is getting kind of moved off the ball in the run game.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you know, an early, early, early season jitters for the for the Indians a little bit.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_02: They got a lot of new faces, a lot of new guys.
• 2:00
  SPEAKER_02: Don't hit the panic button coming in.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_02: Tom Springs is gonna be fine.
• 2:02
  SPEAKER_02: They got a great coaching staff over there, they got great athletes.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_02: Um, they just ran into a buzzsaw named Hemett.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_02: And Hemett looked good.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's gonna be a good football team this year.
• 2:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and by the end of the season, we might be on, yeah, that was a no-brainer.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_01: Hemett's that good this year, so they look good.
• 2:15
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, so not the start the Indians wanted, but uh I'm it's like we said, it's a marathon, and you know, it's not how you start.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_02: And these games don't count.
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's preseason.
• 2:24
  SPEAKER_02: And it's week one.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_02: Week one is always kind of smoke and mirrors anyway.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_02: So um I think better days ahead for the for the Indians.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_02: I think so.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_02: Moving on to the set a second Thursday night game.
• 2:34
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Desert Mirage Rams went out to Duarte, uh kind of a quick uh quick rescheduling of a week zero game for Desert Mirage.
• 2:42
  SPEAKER_02: Uh and Desert Mirage goes out there with an impressive 16-8 victory on the road.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_02: Awesome.
• 2:48
  SPEAKER_02: You know, Coach Flip had those boys ready.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_02: Um, did you get a chance to check out any of this game?
• 2:52
  SPEAKER_02: I did not see any of it, but it sounded like they got the run game going.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_02: Design Mirage did get the run game going.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_02: Uh two touchdowns.
• 2:59
  SPEAKER_02: Um, they had they had played really good defense down the stretch.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_02: I I coach Flip had a couple of uh highlights on the on the on the social media and basically came down to a stop.
• 3:09
  SPEAKER_02: You know, the worth they were driving, and Desert Mirage defense made a play, turned them over, and that was all she wrote.
• 3:15
  SPEAKER_02: They ran out the clock.
• 3:16
  SPEAKER_02: If I would pick two things to be good at, it would be running the ball and good defense.
• 3:19
  SPEAKER_02: Um Desert Mirage's been issues always been they've always been able to run the ball.
• 3:24
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's been consistent under Coach Flip.
• 3:26
  SPEAKER_02: I think the defensive side is where they're kind of need to kind of pick it up if they want to contend for a league championship.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_02: I think that they may have solved some of their problems on the defensive side.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_02: Good job with the first week win.
• 3:37
  SPEAKER_02: It's always hard to go on the road with week zero and absolutely get a get a win, you know.
• 3:41
  SPEAKER_02: You know, and especially it's not it's a kind of a long bus ride.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_02: So hey, hat off to the Rams, man.
• 3:47
  SPEAKER_02: Great start.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_02: Great job.
• 3:48
  SPEAKER_02: Great start.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're kind of pushing themselves to be one of the favorites to get that one of those uh playoff seats in the SVL.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_02: We'll see.
• 3:54
  SPEAKER_01: Just keep it up, keep that momentum going.
• 3:56
  SPEAKER_01: Momentum's real.
• 3:57
  SPEAKER_02: So long way to go, but hey, good start for the for the Rams.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_02: Moving on to Friday night games.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_02: We had a lot of good good games on Friday night.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_02: We'll start with uh my my uh sleeper pick of the year, my uh my team that's gonna come out of nowhere and shock people.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_02: The Golden Eagles go the desert hot springs golden eagles go out on the road and beat a good Tockwood's team.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_02: 17-9.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I did get to see a little bit of this game.
• 4:22
  SPEAKER_01: I actually really enjoyed this game.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_01: It was a really good chess match.
• 4:25
  SPEAKER_01: It was one of those slower type games where um they were turning the ball over, they get a little bit of drive, but they have to punt.
• 4:31
  SPEAKER_01: And it was a really good chess match.
• 4:33
  SPEAKER_01: And um hats off to Tockwood's.
• 4:35
  SPEAKER_01: They they did a good job of keeping Jalen Turner in the pocket.
• 4:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um their D ends played really well.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_01: And um, you know, he he he could play from the pocket, but he wants to get on the perimeter.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 4:45
  SPEAKER_01: He wants to get on the edge and and and find his receivers late in the play.
• 4:48
  SPEAKER_01: He wants to take it off and run.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_01: And um, but hats off to him, man.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_01: He he he played his game and and slowly started to find that edge later in the game.
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_01: And um I think they lost a little momentum too of the first play of the game or I first drive of the game.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_01: It looks like they just lined up a little wrong defensively and they gave up a big one, big 60-yard run, and then cheap one.
• 5:09
  SPEAKER_01: And then they came out and threw a couple hitches like uh to to score.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_01: It was like 10 yards, and then they threw another six yard hitch to to score, and then they just kind of but they hats off to their defense.
• 5:19
  SPEAKER_01: Defense Golden Eagles played strong all game, uh, didn't waver, and uh Jalen Turner finally found that edge and he was gone.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_01: So good game.
• 5:27
  SPEAKER_01: It was a good chess match.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_01: I enjoyed it.
• 5:29
  SPEAKER_02: And a great win on the road.
• 5:30
  SPEAKER_02: Great win.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_02: Good team against a team that was in the I think the semifinals in Division 10, or they were pretty pretty good program.
• 5:37
  SPEAKER_02: So to go out on the road and and get that victory.
• 5:39
  SPEAKER_02: Solid.
• 5:40
  SPEAKER_02: I think I think they're kind of proving me right in this instance.
• 5:42
  SPEAKER_02: I think the Golden Eagles are a team on the up on the up.
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_02: And uh Coach B got them going.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_02: Got them going, man.
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  SPEAKER_02: Great coach.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_02: Hats off to the Golden Eagles, great job.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, got another important game coming on this week.
• 5:54
  SPEAKER_02: We'll talk about that in the next segment.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_02: Um, next, another so uh uh home opener for the doc era at Indio against a San Mardino team that's kind of not been not been as good as in the past, but Indio put them on it, man.
• 6:10
  SPEAKER_02: 53 to 6, a dominant performance by my Indio High School Rajahs.
• 6:15
  SPEAKER_02: Um great start.
• 6:16
  SPEAKER_02: Great Doc era, huh?
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: It's great start to the Doc era.
• 6:19
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, they were they're making plays running, they were throwing the ball, playing good defense.
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_01: Doesn't really get better than that, right?
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Doc had them ready to play.
• 6:27
  SPEAKER_02: I think it was like 40 to nothing at the half.
• 6:30
  SPEAKER_02: It was it was it was there was no doubt.
• 6:33
  SPEAKER_02: There's no doubt on that one.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_02: Choose got to play.
• 6:35
  SPEAKER_02: And I can't remember a time when Indio's come out and just blown somebody off the field.
• 6:39
  SPEAKER_02: So I mean you talk about their opponent, but you still got to go out there and execute and and put the ball in the end.
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_02: And play football.
• 6:46
  SPEAKER_02: And play football and dominate.
• 6:47
  SPEAKER_02: So great start.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_02: Everybody, the hype might be real at Indio.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, we're crossing our fingers.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_02: Keep it going.
• 6:53
  SPEAKER_02: I'm really looking at that week four matchup because I want that dang bell back.
• 6:56
  SPEAKER_02: But hey, this is a great way to start, man.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_02: A little early talk about that.
• 7:00
  SPEAKER_02: It is, but it's not as if you're a Raja, it's not.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_02: It's been it's been 12 years, man.
• 7:04
  SPEAKER_02: I hear that.
• 7:05
  SPEAKER_02: So um, but great start.
• 7:06
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you know, Doc, had those boys ready.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, let's go.
• 7:09
  SPEAKER_02: Raja's gonna be.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go, keep it up.
• 7:10
  SPEAKER_02: I think it'll get a little tougher as we get into the schedule, but hey, you can't start.
• 7:14
  SPEAKER_02: That's a perfect start.
• 7:15
  SPEAKER_01: Fantastic start.
• 7:16
  SPEAKER_02: Red White Stadium was rocking, I hear.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_02: So congratulations, Roger.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_02: Good job, man.
• 7:21
  SPEAKER_02: I think we got we got something brewing at Indio.
• 7:24
  SPEAKER_02: U next, uh, another team that really put together a lot of points.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_02: That's it.
• 7:28
  SPEAKER_02: Christian Academy 58, 29 palm six.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_02: That's an impressive performance.
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_02: Hey, DCA is for real.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_02: DCA is for real.
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_02: I think uh I think all the doubters that hey, they're a small school and they can't compete with the big guys.
• 7:41
  SPEAKER_02: I think all those questions are gonna go away this year.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_02: That's a pretty good statement game.
• 7:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think it was uh another situation where DCA was just up and down the field.
• 7:48
  SPEAKER_02: Saw some highlights.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_02: 29 palms, they are down in numbers.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_02: Uh the Wildcats are, you know, their their roster is really small this year.
• 7:56
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, it that it they're gonna have to try and correct some things with a lot of a lot of guys that you know that are gonna have to play early and often.
• 8:04
  SPEAKER_02: I think they probably have to move up some freshmen.
• 8:06
  SPEAKER_02: But um Desert Christian, what an impressive performance couldn't get be better.
• 8:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Coach Johnson got them going, right?
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_02: So 58 points in the first game, first game, not bad.
• 8:16
  SPEAKER_02: Not bad at all.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_02: I think all the doubters that say that they don't play anybody, I think those questions will be answered.
• 8:21
  SPEAKER_02: They're already playing bigger schools and beating them.
• 8:23
  SPEAKER_01: And they're looking to prove that this year.
• 8:24
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, with their schedule already.
• 8:26
  SPEAKER_02: So they they got some tougher games ahead, but hey, great way to start for the Conquerors.
• 8:30
  SPEAKER_02: Great job.
• 8:31
  SPEAKER_02: Okay, so game of the week.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_02: Rancho Mirage 19, Yucca Valley 7.
• 8:36
  SPEAKER_02: Surprised by this one, huh?
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_02: No, uh, Rancho Mirage winning.
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, I called it.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_01: I I I knew I just had a feeling, man.
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, there's I love Yucca.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_01: Don't I love Yucca?
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_01: It's just um there's there's leagues for a reason, you know, and and Rancho Mirage, everybody like likes to write them off for some reason.
• 8:58
  SPEAKER_01: And I I just think they got a great coach, um, uh great track record.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I I didn't see the game at all, but I hear they played really well on the defensive side and um did what they had to do on offense.
• 9:09
  SPEAKER_01: And um I think Yucca will be better like uh as the the season progresses.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_01: Uh uh offense is always tough in the beginning.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_01: There's always a lot of moving pieces.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: Defense always usually clicks first.
• 9:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think they'll be fine.
• 9:24
  SPEAKER_01: Uh it's just I just knew Rancho Mirage is gonna be solid this year.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_01: It's just I've been watching football for so long.
• 9:29
  SPEAKER_01: There's ups and downs in in these programs, and I think I think Rancho's Mirage is on the rise.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: It just happens to be this year.
• 9:35
  SPEAKER_01: So I think uh the Rattlers are back.
• 9:37
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, I think they're back into their rightful place of a top DEL contender.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but uh surprising, not maybe not surprising is that how the defense kind of slowed down Aiden Pope.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_02: I think the gotta give a shout out to the defensive staff over there.
• 9:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and I'd like to see the game.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_01: I'd like to watch it and see how they approached.
• 9:55
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sure he was bracketed.
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sure they ex they knew where he was at at all times.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_01: And um, you know, they there's just 10 other people out there on the football field, they got to do their job too.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 10:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and uh it sounds like they struggled with the run game.
• 10:09
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think they actually moved the ball a little better than Rancho.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um they just couldn't score as much.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's what I hear.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_01: A couple turnovers too.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_01: But I haven't watched it.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but I think they only had around 60 rushing yards.
• 10:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I I like to be more balanced than that just to keep them going.
• 10:24
  SPEAKER_02: So it'll be interesting to see that film.
• 10:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I gotta watch it first.
• 10:27
  SPEAKER_02: Um a name to remember for all you desert uh football fans, Jadarius Hester, I've been a sophomore at at Rancho Mirage, had two touchdowns.
• 10:36
  SPEAKER_02: He kind of he had a bigger stat line than Aiden Pope, which you know that's hard to do.
• 10:41
  SPEAKER_02: But but remember that name, guys, because that guy's a special, special talent.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_02: I've I've had the privilege of seeing him kind of grow up and yeah, he's been doing that.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_02: So look out.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_02: That's another name to be putting on your radar.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_02: He had two touchdowns.
• 10:54
  SPEAKER_02: He was pretty unstoppable in the red zone.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_02: Rancho Mirage is back.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_02: I think, you know, I think they're gonna be right there for VL.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_02: And you know, the last year was just an ex uh an exception.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, really the rule for them.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_02: So good job for the Ravlers.
• 11:08
  SPEAKER_02: Yucca, I'm sure Yucca's gonna be there.
• 11:10
  SPEAKER_02: They'll bounce back, they'll bounce back.
• 11:12
  SPEAKER_02: They got too much talent to not bounce back.
• 11:14
  SPEAKER_02: And they they they scheduled a pretty hard season uh preseason schedule this year.
• 11:18
  SPEAKER_02: They got another tough one.
• 11:19
  SPEAKER_02: They got another tough one coming up.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_02: We'll kind of talk about that coming up, but another another good one, another barometer for Yucca Valley coming up.
• 11:25
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they'll be fine.
• 11:26
  SPEAKER_02: Um, another great win for a desert team.
• 11:29
  SPEAKER_02: We kind of talked about this uh Palm Desert going down to Brawley, a tough, tough opener.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_02: Palm Desert 24, Brawley 16.
• 11:36
  SPEAKER_02: Most impressive win.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's that was the most impressive win.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_02: Um Palm Desert was down in this game in the halftime.
• 11:42
  SPEAKER_02: They were down, they were down, and Forty had to go in there and light them up a little bit in the halftime speech.
• 11:47
  SPEAKER_02: And whatever he said worked.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_02: Coach 40 went in there and and did some adjustments, and Palm Desert does what they do.
• 11:54
  SPEAKER_02: They came back and beat a good Brawley team on the road.
• 11:57
  SPEAKER_02: I want to see that one too.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_01: We got to get a huddle account so you guys can send us some of these games.
• 12:00
  SPEAKER_01: I want to watch some of these.
• 12:01
  SPEAKER_02: We want to see the full, the full uh we see highlights here and there, but we want to maybe set that up.
• 12:07
  SPEAKER_02: But an impressive win nonetheless, right?
• 12:08
  SPEAKER_02: Great win.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_02: They go down there.
• 12:10
  SPEAKER_02: Brawley's a tough, tough place to play.
• 12:12
  SPEAKER_01: Well, it sounded similar.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_01: Last year they went down to Central, and that's who they're playing this week, but it they got down and then they couldn't, you know, it was tough to come back.
• 12:20
  SPEAKER_01: This year it seems like they fixed it and they were able to come back against Brawley on a long bus ride, like you said.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_01: So it's tough to go down to those small towns and and win, man.
• 12:29
  SPEAKER_01: These are football towns.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_01: They they this is what they do.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_02: This is what they do.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, nothing else to do.
• 12:34
  SPEAKER_01: You're walking into like the, you know, almost like the the the I don't want to say it like the devil's den or something, because you walk down there, it's like these guys are bad intentions, you know, and and the kids can feel that.
• 12:46
  SPEAKER_01: And um, but hats off to them that got that W.
• 12:49
  SPEAKER_02: So great win.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_02: Great win.
• 12:50
  SPEAKER_02: That means uh Desert 1, Imperial Zero.
• 12:54
  SPEAKER_02: We got we got you, we got we got got up on you in the scoreboard.
• 12:57
  SPEAKER_02: We got another one, we got another one coming up.
• 12:58
  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna keep score, but we got another one coming up this week.
• 13:01
  SPEAKER_02: So the Imperial's got time to get us back.
• 13:04
  SPEAKER_02: But great win by the Aztecs.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_02: I think they certified their spot as a DEL contender.
• 13:09
  SPEAKER_02: I don't think there's any doubt.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_02: Um they're they're already kind of clicking.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 13:12
  SPEAKER_02: They've already replaced the 19 people that are gone.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: Watch out if they're clicking this early.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you gotta watch out.
• 13:18
  SPEAKER_02: Pretty impressive.
• 13:20
  SPEAKER_02: Shout out to the Aztecs.
• 13:21
  SPEAKER_02: Um, moving on.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_02: Speaking of another tough place to play, Xavier Prep goes up to Rim of the World.
• 13:26
  SPEAKER_02: Rim of the World 14, Xavier Prep 7.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_02: You saw this one.
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_02: I saw this one.
• 13:31
  SPEAKER_02: Um, very impressed by Rim of the World, I gotta say.
• 13:34
  SPEAKER_02: Their coach and staff, there's a reason those guys were nine to one last year.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_02: They're they're pretty impressive.
• 13:39
  SPEAKER_02: Um they they came out on the first play of the game, they did an onside kick, recovered it down near the 20.
• 13:46
  SPEAKER_02: That's the momentum too.
• 13:48
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and that kind of set the tone.
• 13:49
  SPEAKER_02: It surprised everybody, and it was a great call by that coach, and they scored, they scored.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_01: Was it onside or like a pooch kick?
• 13:55
  SPEAKER_02: It was like a pooch kick to the up guy, and the up guy had no idea that it was.
• 14:05
  SPEAKER_02: That's exactly what happened.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_02: And the guy was not, well, Xavier kind of was caught off guard.
• 14:10
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, he touched it and then it bounced around and they got it on the 20-yard line.
• 14:15
  SPEAKER_02: And and Rim goes in and scores in about five, six plays.
• 14:19
  SPEAKER_02: So momentum's already kind of swung.
• 14:21
  SPEAKER_02: You're in a hostile environment.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_02: Um Rim comes out and runs away from Jacob Van all of the first half.
• 14:28
  SPEAKER_02: And I could hear I could hear them audibly, finding number eight, and audibly away from it.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_02: Beautiful coaching job, man.
• 14:34
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, I gotta I was very impressed with Rim of the World's uh coaching staff.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_02: Um, so they they they had their game plan ready.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_02: Um Xavier comes out, scores, ties it, and then uh second second half is uh Rim of the World actually comes out at the end of the half, scores again.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_02: So it's 14-7 at the halftime.
• 14:52
  SPEAKER_02: They go and make some adjustments and lights out in the second half.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_02: Xavier Prepp's defense is gonna be the real deal, though.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 14:59
  SPEAKER_02: They got some guys out still.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you know, but Jacob Van kind of they started moving him all over the place, and that guy in the second half was dominant.
• 15:06
  SPEAKER_02: He was all over the field.
• 15:07
  SPEAKER_02: He looked every bit of the part of the number one defensive player in the in the valley.
• 15:12
  SPEAKER_02: Nice.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_02: Um, so there's there's some good signs.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_02: I think quarterback couldn't play though.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_02: The quarterback, so that's the to me, that's the story of the game is that Sam Maurice was not allowed to play.
• 15:21
  SPEAKER_02: He has still his transfer has not come through by the CIF.
• 15:24
  SPEAKER_02: So the coaching staff, I know I talked to the AD before uh Xavier's AD before the game, and he was he was still he was on the portal checking to see if they were gonna get the word, but word never came.
• 15:35
  SPEAKER_02: So that's still kind of up in the air.
• 15:37
  SPEAKER_02: It's so hard to prepare when you don't know if your number one quarterback's gonna go.
• 15:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 15:42
  SPEAKER_02: Do you give them the reps?
• 15:43
  SPEAKER_01: Do you not give them the reps during the practice?
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: They gotta know.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they gotta know, and and it's really hard to prepare.
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_02: And Joe, shout out to Joe Mojia.
• 15:49
  SPEAKER_02: He stepped in and came in and led the team.
• 15:51
  SPEAKER_02: And they look look good on offensive times.
• 15:53
  SPEAKER_02: It's just a lot of penalties, kind of killed a lot of drives, you know, just first game mistakes.
• 15:57
  SPEAKER_02: Xavier's gonna be fine.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they got a lot of talent.
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_02: Um, first game judges, and that's a tough place to play up there.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_02: It is, it is.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_02: It really is.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_02: I was very impressed with Room of the World.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_02: I gotta see.
• 16:07
  SPEAKER_02: They're just like different.
• 16:08
  SPEAKER_02: They're like a mountain brawley, yeah.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's like they the whole the whole it seemed like the whole community was at that game.
• 16:14
  SPEAKER_02: So um, but Xavier better days are ahead, I think, once they get all their guys back.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_02: King Palem didn't also play.
• 16:21
  SPEAKER_02: So they'll they'll be they'll be better down the stretch.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 16:23
  SPEAKER_02: Look for them to kind of look in a lot different midseason.
• 16:26
  SPEAKER_02: Moving on, uh, Coach King's opener on Friday night.
• 16:30
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, he had a tough Esperanza team going into Shadow Hills.
• 16:33
  SPEAKER_02: Finest score is Esperanza 24 Shadow Hills, nothing.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_02: Do you hear anything about this game?
• 16:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I watched a little bit of it.
• 16:40
  SPEAKER_01: I was actually impressed with uh Nick Nick King's offense, man.
• 16:43
  SPEAKER_01: I actually think they had bigger chunk plays.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_01: They were they had some nice gains in the in their offense.
• 16:48
  SPEAKER_01: Um just you know, it's a story of penalties, interceptions, fumbles.
• 16:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um they would they would rip off a 40-yard gain, and then all of a sudden a penalty would happen, they're behind in the sticks, and then they'd rip off another 40-yard gain, and all of a sudden they're going in the end zone to throw a pick.
• 17:05
  SPEAKER_01: And um you just can't make uh uh those types of mistakes against a good Esperanza team.
• 17:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um they just kind of they they weren't offensively.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_01: I think Shadow Hills out yarded them, they just couldn't get it in the end zone.
• 17:19
  SPEAKER_01: And um, you know, that's like we said, offense takes time to get going.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_01: But man, I I really like some of the play designs I saw from Nick King.
• 17:27
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, he it was some nifty stuff.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it wasn't the same type of play and just different variations.
• 17:33
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I saw some nice screens, I saw some nice uh jets, I saw some some nice flood work uh on the passing game, some nice counterback and buck, and um I was really impressed.
• 17:44
  SPEAKER_01: So I I I wouldn't sleep on Shadow Hills at all, and I don't think this is any indication of what type of team they are.
• 17:50
  SPEAKER_01: And um just just get get those mistakes out and and I think they're gonna be fine.
• 17:55
  SPEAKER_02: I heard I heard there was a couple turnovers or Shadow Hills that kind of killed bunch of drives.
• 18:00
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they chunk up chunk play and then a turnovers a couple fumbles, a couple interceptions.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_01: And I actually think the tone, like you said, the tone uh um that it's so funny.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_01: The older I get, there's just more I pay attention to momentum and uh kickoff.
• 18:14
  SPEAKER_01: Uh first play of the game.
• 18:16
  SPEAKER_01: Um Shadow Hills is on a return, and it looks like they have a beautifully set up return.
• 18:21
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it's blocked perfectly.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_01: The guy drops the ball and he gets the ball right away, but by the time he gets the ball back, they just kind of swarmed him.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, if he catches that thing and runs, it's he's still running.
• 18:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so that's that's momentum.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_01: And then um, their first drive, though, they march it all the way down.
• 18:41
  SPEAKER_01: Same thing, they just go with the flood concept.
• 18:43
  SPEAKER_01: And I think they had the guy open in the flat, but they got a little greedy, they went to the corner route, and that corner just read the eyes and he's back and he picks it.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: It was one-handed, beautiful.
• 18:52
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, it was a beautiful play, but just those little get things of momentum.
• 18:56
  SPEAKER_01: I think Shadow Hills might have won.
• 18:58
  SPEAKER_01: Like if they start off with any of those uh points in that first drive, right?
• 19:02
  SPEAKER_01: It could be a different game.
• 19:03
  SPEAKER_01: But um, I think they'll be fine.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_01: Same thing.
• 19:05
  SPEAKER_01: They'll they'll they're gonna clean it up.
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_01: Nick King's doing a good job over there.
• 19:08
  SPEAKER_01: So they got a lot of talent too, offense.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, yeah.
• 19:11
  SPEAKER_02: So I think that that's only gonna it's only gonna take a little bit of time for that offense to kind of find his bearings, clean up the turnovers.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Shadow Hill's gonna be right there too.
• 19:18
  SPEAKER_02: I think we're kind of realizing the DEL is gonna be another another tough league this year.
• 19:23
  SPEAKER_02: I think there's ever an easy game in the league.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_02: So I think that's gonna prove true this uh this season as well.
• 19:29
  SPEAKER_01: Makes everyone better, so yeah, and it's fun to watch.
• 19:31
  SPEAKER_02: It gives us something to talk about.
• 19:33
  SPEAKER_02: Lastly, we're moving on to Cathedral City goes uh has a home opener against Santa Rosa Academy.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_02: Santa Rosa Academy 21, Cathedral City six.
• 19:44
  SPEAKER_01: So a little surprising.
• 19:45
  SPEAKER_02: Little a little surprising.
• 19:47
  SPEAKER_02: I thought, you know, we Catsley's kind of a program, kind of trending in the in the right direction.
• 19:52
  SPEAKER_02: I think they still are.
• 19:53
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're Santa Rosa Academy is a little bit better than they were last year.
• 19:57
  SPEAKER_02: I think I I think they were they played last year as well.
• 20:00
  SPEAKER_02: Um Santa Rosa Academy might be one of those teams that's gonna be better as well.
• 20:04
  SPEAKER_02: So um tough opener.
• 20:06
  SPEAKER_02: I know they they kept it close on the defensive side.
• 20:08
  SPEAKER_01: I'd like to see it, see if the run game got going at least.
• 20:10
  SPEAKER_02: It could be similar with the penalties and just early early season sloppy play.
• 20:14
  SPEAKER_02: I think that's a that's a theme that we're kind of seeing.
• 20:17
  SPEAKER_02: Like the like you saw it a little bit in in uh the rim of the world um Xavier game and the Shadow Hills bronze game.
• 20:23
  SPEAKER_02: I'm assuming it's as we haven't seen film on the Cat City game, that's probably Coach Lee's got some some coaching points to get out this week.
• 20:30
  SPEAKER_02: But uh Cat City, that's a pretty good job defensively, you know, and they didn't give up a ton of points.
• 20:34
  SPEAKER_02: It seems like they couldn't get that offense rolling.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 20:37
  SPEAKER_02: But they got a they got a bunch of young talent on Cat City.
• 20:39
  SPEAKER_02: I think uh in that the league that they're in, they're gonna be right there.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_02: So first game.
• 20:44
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, first game.
• 20:45
  SPEAKER_02: And you always uh old coach once told me, you're always gonna see the biggest improvement in your football team from week one to week two.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_02: I like that.
• 20:52
  SPEAKER_02: Always, you're always gonna see the biggest jump.
• 20:54
  SPEAKER_02: So if you don't see a big jump, it might be a long season.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_02: But uh, I think uh in terms of the teams we're talking about, I think we're gonna see that this week.
• 21:03
  SPEAKER_02: It's gonna be a lot cleaner football out there, absolutely less penalties and stuff like that.
• 21:07
  SPEAKER_02: First game jitters are out.
• 21:08
  SPEAKER_02: So, but all in all, a fun week of fun week zero.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: Perfect.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_02: We got Laquinta and uh Coachella now gonna join the party and they're gonna be playing their first game this week.
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• 22:13
  SPEAKER_02: All right, welcome back, everybody, to Desert Valley Blitz.
• 22:16
  SPEAKER_02: We're moving into our week one preview show.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_02: Super excited.
• 22:20
  SPEAKER_02: We got all the teams playing this week.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_02: It's going to be and we got some really good matchups.
• 22:25
  SPEAKER_02: We're going to kind of go over them right now.
• 22:27
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Thursday night, we got a slew of Thursday night games.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_02: We're going to start with Grand Terrace going into Palm Springs.
• 22:33
  SPEAKER_02: What's your take on this, Coach Josh?
• 22:35
  SPEAKER_01: I think Palm Springs can do it, but Grand Terrace is pretty good.
• 22:37
  SPEAKER_01: They they have some athletes there, man.
• 22:39
  SPEAKER_01: They can play ball.
• 22:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know about their ranking, but I I think this is a winnable game for Palm Springs.
• 22:45
  SPEAKER_01: And they're at home.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_01: And they're at home.
• 22:47
  SPEAKER_01: Um I haven't seen Grand Terrace play, but you got to bounce back.
• 22:52
  SPEAKER_01: They played a really good Hemit team.
• 22:54
  SPEAKER_01: So it you like you said last segment, like you always see that big improvement between week one and week two.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_01: So if they can improve, especially on uh O-line and D-line, I think they have a chance.
• 23:04
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, very winnable game for for Palm Springs.
• 23:06
  SPEAKER_02: Grand Terrace, good program traditionally.
• 23:09
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but um they also got to play the heat.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_02: Yes.
• 23:11
  SPEAKER_02: It doesn't get it doesn't get this hot in Riverside.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_02: People forget about that.
• 23:14
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and I mean it's still gonna be hot, and that that second half may be rough.
• 23:19
  SPEAKER_02: So I think uh they I think the tribe goes out there and gets a win this week.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_02: That stadium's gonna be rocking.
• 23:23
  SPEAKER_02: So come out and support your tribe.
• 23:25
  SPEAKER_02: Moving on, another Thursday night game.
• 23:27
  SPEAKER_02: Deser Mirage going to San You Cent, San Yesento Valley Academy.
• 23:31
  SPEAKER_02: Deser Mirage back on the road, Ward Warriors.
• 23:34
  SPEAKER_01: They're one and oh.
• 23:35
  SPEAKER_01: Keep it going, man.
• 23:36
  SPEAKER_01: Keep that run game going, keep that defense flying around.
• 23:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um, work on a little bit of play action.
• 23:40
  SPEAKER_01: I think they'll be fine.
• 23:41
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Coach Flip got these guys ready.
• 23:43
  SPEAKER_02: He he was in here uh for his coach's corner interview a couple months ago.
• 23:47
  SPEAKER_02: He was real excited about the season.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_02: So a good guy, yeah.
• 23:49
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he had a great crop of seniors coming in, and I think it's starting to show.
• 23:54
  SPEAKER_02: That that was an impressive road victory last week.
• 23:57
  SPEAKER_02: Starts with those hoggies up front.
• 23:58
  SPEAKER_02: I think they continue it this week.
• 24:00
  SPEAKER_02: I don't know much about San Yacento Valley Academy, but I know that the Rams are gonna run the ball and play defense, and that always travels.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_02: I'm here for it.
• 24:08
  SPEAKER_02: That always travels, man.
• 24:09
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, defense and running the ball travels.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_02: So we're looking for the Rams to go 2-0.
• 24:13
  SPEAKER_02: Moving on, another Thursday night game.
• 24:15
  SPEAKER_02: This one is here in the Valley.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Indian Springs is going to Indio.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_02: So Doc has got Coach Doc Eric comes in to be on display Thursday night.
• 24:25
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Indian Springs team's probably a little bit better opponent than uh their first opponent.
• 24:30
  SPEAKER_02: Um, what do we kind of expect?
• 24:31
  SPEAKER_02: Indio.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_02: It's at Indio.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_02: No, they're home game.
• 24:33
  SPEAKER_02: Thursday night.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go, Roger.
• 24:34
  SPEAKER_02: 2-0.
• 24:35
  SPEAKER_02: They could be 2-0.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_02: It could be.
• 24:36
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Indian Springs, but like I said, they're a little bit better opponent.
• 24:40
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but I I think that the Rogers got some momentum.
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 24:44
  SPEAKER_02: And they got to come out here.
• 24:45
  SPEAKER_02: They're from San Bordino.
• 24:47
  SPEAKER_02: It's hotter out here.
• 24:48
  SPEAKER_01: You want a little tougher opponent.
• 24:49
  SPEAKER_01: You you want to get some good work, you know.
• 24:51
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you gotta everybody right now is is is kind of scratching their head saying, hey, is Indio for real?
• 24:56
  SPEAKER_02: You know, they beat up on a team that that wasn't really highly ranked.
• 24:59
  SPEAKER_02: Well, now we can kind of shut the doubters out while we come out there and do the same thing.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go, Rogers.
• 25:03
  SPEAKER_02: Keep it going.
• 25:04
  SPEAKER_02: So, Coach Doc, good luck.
• 25:06
  SPEAKER_02: Rajas, let's go, man.
• 25:07
  SPEAKER_02: We got some momentum.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_02: Let's keep it.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_02: Uh, another Thursday night game.
• 25:11
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Riverside Prep is going up to 29 palms.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_02: The Wildcats.
• 25:16
  SPEAKER_02: A lot of Thursday games.
• 25:17
  SPEAKER_02: A lot of Thursday.
• 25:18
  SPEAKER_02: Well, it's because of the refs, but I know.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_02: Um the Wildcats coming off a tough game down here at DCA.
• 25:24
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Riverside Prep is a pretty good opponent from what I'm what I've gathered on there.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_02: They're they're they're got a decent ranking.
• 25:31
  SPEAKER_01: I was hoping they can bounce uh 29 would bounce back.
• 25:34
  SPEAKER_02: I don't think they're they're not gonna be as good as DCA.
• 25:36
  SPEAKER_02: So I think you know you've seen the worst of it.
• 25:38
  SPEAKER_02: Um so and they're at home.
• 25:40
  SPEAKER_02: So hopefully, you know, 29 Palms gets a little healthier.
• 25:43
  SPEAKER_01: It's a good stadium up there, too.
• 25:44
  SPEAKER_02: So good home environment.
• 25:46
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Wildcats, let's go, let's get that first win.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_02: Let's get a shake off that last week.
• 25:50
  SPEAKER_02: I think you're gonna you always want to see a big improvement from week you know one to two.
• 25:54
  SPEAKER_02: Fix the mistakes, play hard, get to the ball.
• 25:57
  SPEAKER_02: And 29 Palms got some athletes.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_02: I've seen I've seen first time they've got some athletes.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_02: So just uh hope maybe some home cooking does them some good.
• 26:04
  SPEAKER_02: So we'll see.
• 26:05
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and then so that's it for the Thursday night games.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_02: We got four Thursday night games, so there's a lot.
• 26:09
  SPEAKER_02: There's a lot on the on the plate.
• 26:10
  SPEAKER_02: This we got a lot of short weeks, which is not fun as a coach because you've got to dump everything in.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna be updating my Twitter like crazy on Thursday night.
• 26:17
  SPEAKER_02: You gotta have everything in by Tuesday, that's the problem.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_02: So, I mean, I'm glad I'm not having to deal with that.
• 26:22
  SPEAKER_02: But short weeks can be interesting.
• 26:23
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's a lot a lot of uh moving parts, and health is always a concern on a short week.
• 26:29
  SPEAKER_02: So we'll see.
• 26:30
  SPEAKER_02: But good luck to all the the valley teams on Thursday night.
• 26:32
  SPEAKER_02: Friday night, man.
• 26:33
  SPEAKER_02: Now, Friday is the kicker, though.
• 26:35
  SPEAKER_02: We've got some great, great games on Friday.
• 26:38
  SPEAKER_02: Um, we're gonna start with Catal City is going to San Bordino.
• 26:42
  SPEAKER_02: This is the same team that Indio laid it on pretty good.
• 26:45
  SPEAKER_02: Okay.
• 26:45
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Cathedral City's going out there now to San Bernardino, so it'll be a little cooler.
• 26:49
  SPEAKER_02: Um, what are we thinking?
• 26:51
  SPEAKER_02: San Bernardino's gonna get beat up by two desert teams back to back, huh?
• 26:54
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go Cat City.
• 26:55
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Josh is calling it, huh?
• 26:57
  SPEAKER_02: Cat City's bounce back.
• 26:58
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 26:59
  SPEAKER_02: Cat City bounces back, I think.
• 27:00
  SPEAKER_02: Get that run game going.
• 27:02
  SPEAKER_02: They get that run game going.
• 27:03
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they'll be fine.
• 27:04
  SPEAKER_01: They they run the ball, play some defense.
• 27:06
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Lee will have them ready.
• 27:07
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Lee's been doing this a long time.
• 27:08
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 27:09
  SPEAKER_02: So he's seen it all, knows how to knows how to fix it all.
• 27:11
  SPEAKER_02: So we're uh we're excited to see Cass City get on the on the winning column this week.
• 27:16
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, let's go, Lions.
• 27:17
  SPEAKER_02: Uh okay, so here we go.
• 27:19
  SPEAKER_02: You're the Keenan Blackhawks opener.
• 27:22
  SPEAKER_02: They got the Yucca Valley Trojans coming into the birdcage.
• 27:25
  SPEAKER_01: Great game.
• 27:26
  SPEAKER_01: Great game, right?
• 27:27
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 27:28
  SPEAKER_01: They're gonna be looking to come back, you know, from a loss from Rachel Mirage.
• 27:32
  SPEAKER_01: So they're they're gonna be having a chip on their shoulder.
• 27:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um, Lakinta's gonna have something to prove, man.
• 27:37
  SPEAKER_01: This is their first game.
• 27:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I know they've been working hard hard all summer, so they're gonna want to inveil it and and and come out with the W.
• 27:44
  SPEAKER_01: So um I'm going with La Quinta, of course.
• 27:46
  SPEAKER_01: I I can't ever choose against them, but it's gonna be a good game.
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 27:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um I think I think Yucca will score a little bit more points um this week.
• 27:56
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but I think that offense to La Quinta won't won't be denied, so it might be a high scoring um affair.
• 28:02
  SPEAKER_02: So you think it's gonna be a shootout?
• 28:05
  SPEAKER_01: Uh not a shootout, but it'll it'll be some points.
• 28:07
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Lakinta doesn't really do shootouts, they just beat you into a pulp on the run game, right?
• 28:12
  SPEAKER_01: You'll lose the time of possession game.
• 28:14
  SPEAKER_01: So that's what I'm I I don't I don't want to put up numbers, but um, you know, it won't be 50s or nothing, but big a big uh offensive night for Lakinta, you're predicting.
• 28:26
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
• 28:27
  SPEAKER_02: I mean it'll be interesting, right?
• 28:28
  SPEAKER_02: It's our first look at the Blackhawks officially.
• 28:30
  SPEAKER_02: I think they're obviously one of the top teams in the DEL.
• 28:33
  SPEAKER_02: They're gonna be right there at the end of the year.
• 28:34
  SPEAKER_02: Coach is gonna have them prepared, so they got a ton of talent at all levels.
• 28:40
  SPEAKER_02: Um, so and they got good coaching, they're gonna be right there.
• 28:42
  SPEAKER_02: So Yucca's got their work cut.
• 28:43
  SPEAKER_02: Yucca's playing a pretty tough schedule.
• 28:45
  SPEAKER_02: I think that might be on the city.
• 28:46
  SPEAKER_01: They just came out swinging, you know, playing the the best teams in the in the area.
• 28:51
  SPEAKER_01: Um and really shows no fear, man.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_01: Hats off to them.
• 28:54
  SPEAKER_01: That's gonna make them better when they get in the league 100%.
• 28:57
  SPEAKER_01: So keep it.
• 28:58
  SPEAKER_02: And also, if you're in La Quinta and you want to see uh uh one of the best offensive talents been around in the valley for a couple years, Mr.
• 29:05
  SPEAKER_02: Aiden Pope will be on full display.
• 29:07
  SPEAKER_02: I'm sure he's gonna have two guys chasing him around all night, but he's he's gonna he's due for a game.
• 29:12
  SPEAKER_02: I think he's due for a breakout.
• 29:14
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and that's why they really got to get that run game going because they are everyone's watching Aidens.
• 29:18
  SPEAKER_01: You you would think that would open up the running game a little bit.
• 29:20
  SPEAKER_01: They got less guys in the box, hopefully, since they got probably a two-man bracket out there, probably going too high safeties over them.
• 29:27
  SPEAKER_01: So look, I I look for them to get their you know, focus on that run game this week.
• 29:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know if they're running zone or countered.
• 29:33
  SPEAKER_01: I I didn't watch the game, but I look for them to put some extra attention on that offensive line.
• 29:37
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah.
• 29:38
  SPEAKER_02: So we never know, you know.
• 29:40
  SPEAKER_02: It's uh Yuka's got an offense, they got a puncher's chance.
• 29:42
  SPEAKER_02: Um they're really good at screening.
• 29:44
  SPEAKER_02: They don't have the best offensive player, so that always helps.
• 29:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 29:47
  SPEAKER_02: Um, next one, another good one.
• 29:49
  SPEAKER_02: Chella Valley opens their season at Rancho Marage.
• 29:53
  SPEAKER_02: Another great matchup.
• 29:54
  SPEAKER_02: Oh, gods have blessed us with a schedule, man.
• 29:56
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 29:57
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, this is a good this is a good week.
• 29:59
  SPEAKER_01: Well, this is a good game, man.
• 30:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um I could see uh Coachello winning, but I think Rancho's gonna pull out the W.
• 30:07
  SPEAKER_01: I think that you know this might be a good year for Rancho.
• 30:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but Coachella Valley always plays really well.
• 30:12
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Johnson does a good job with those guys, they got a system.
• 30:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um, those kids really buy in um and and they can they know how to fire those kids up, man, and they play hard.
• 30:21
  SPEAKER_01: So um I think it's gonna be a really good game.
• 30:24
  SPEAKER_02: Right.
• 30:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um, you got a chance to see Coachella Valley a little bit in the scrimmage, a little bit against the Quinta.
• 30:28
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it looks ready to go, right?
• 30:30
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they were moving the ball a little bit.
• 30:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I saw some big chunk plays in the passing game.
• 30:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um uh, you know, La Quinta was able to move the ball on offense against their defense, but it's scrimmage, you know.
• 30:41
  SPEAKER_01: Right.
• 30:42
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I just saw the film, so I don't know if it's twos or in or what, but um both offenses move the ball really well against each other um in the scrimmage.
• 30:50
  SPEAKER_01: Um so I I Coachella's gonna score some points.
• 30:53
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, I think if Rancho's gonna win, they're gonna have to have to open up the offense a little bit.
• 30:58
  SPEAKER_01: Historic, like in the past, Coachella has a run game.
• 31:00
  SPEAKER_01: So if you you know, if Rancho does you know play two high safeties and they get they're they're paying attention to that passing game, that that running game is gonna open up.
• 31:08
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Coachella.
• 31:09
  SPEAKER_02: That's what happened last year.
• 31:10
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 31:10
  SPEAKER_02: That's when Camargo started hitting it and running for 200 yards on people.
• 31:14
  SPEAKER_02: And Coach Johnson's fine with just running the ball night.
• 31:16
  SPEAKER_02: He will.
• 31:17
  SPEAKER_02: He will if it's working.
• 31:18
  SPEAKER_02: Coach Johnson will not go away from if it's working.
• 31:20
  SPEAKER_02: So that should be an excellent matchup.
• 31:22
  SPEAKER_02: Another uh DVL, DEL matchup.
• 31:24
  SPEAKER_02: I think it's it could go either way.
• 31:26
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, um, but Rancho may be a little bit of the favorite just because of what they did last week.
• 31:29
  SPEAKER_02: But we haven't seen Coachella yet.
• 31:31
  SPEAKER_02: We haven't seen it.
• 31:32
  SPEAKER_02: So we don't know.
• 31:33
  SPEAKER_02: Coachella may be hiding hiding some stuff in the scrimmage just for this game.
• 31:36
  SPEAKER_02: Wouldn't shock me.
• 31:37
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, Coach Johnson may have uh pulled a fast one on everybody.
• 31:41
  SPEAKER_02: Excellent game, excellent broadcast game.
• 31:43
  SPEAKER_02: We're lucky to kind of cover it.
• 31:44
  SPEAKER_02: I'll be paying attention closely.
• 31:47
  SPEAKER_02: And gosh, another another great game in the valley.
• 31:50
  SPEAKER_02: Central, El Central, old El Central is coming down to Palm Desert this Friday night.
• 31:55
  SPEAKER_02: Another great game.
• 31:56
  SPEAKER_01: Normally you're supposed to have the heat advantage when someone comes out of town.
• 31:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you're not having no heat advantage.
• 32:00
  SPEAKER_01: That's out the window.
• 32:01
  SPEAKER_01: So what a great game.
• 32:03
  SPEAKER_01: Um Palm Desert might have the so far, you know, back-to-back tough games.
• 32:09
  SPEAKER_01: Uh, Brawley, now you got Central.
• 32:11
  SPEAKER_01: Central's good, they're always good, good coaching staff.
• 32:14
  SPEAKER_01: They always have good athletes.
• 32:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um, they can run the ball and they they can throw the ball.
• 32:20
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I didn't see Central's first game.
• 32:22
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know nothing about him, but just from the past, it's gonna be another tough game for Palm Desert.
• 32:26
  SPEAKER_02: Tradition says that this is gonna be a great game.
• 32:29
  SPEAKER_02: Um, Central beat him last year.
• 32:31
  SPEAKER_02: So maybe Palm Desert's got a little turn the favor this year coming to him.
• 32:35
  SPEAKER_01: And it's a long bus ride, so they're coming into town this year.
• 32:38
  SPEAKER_01: Let's see how they fare on that bus ride.
• 32:39
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 32:40
  SPEAKER_01: Their kids too.
• 32:41
  SPEAKER_02: Table's turned, but El Central's a traditionally a really talented team, so it should be a real another.
• 32:48
  SPEAKER_02: Shadow Hills has a tough schedule.
• 32:49
  SPEAKER_02: Palm Desert has a pretty tough schedule as well.
• 32:51
  SPEAKER_02: So Coach 40 ain't putting no cupcakes on there.
• 32:54
  SPEAKER_02: He wants he wants to know what he has immediately.
• 32:56
  SPEAKER_02: So this will be another barometer.
• 32:58
  SPEAKER_02: Found those desert teams out there.
• 32:59
  SPEAKER_02: He likes them.
• 33:00
  SPEAKER_02: But we're a we're one and oh against the Imperial Valley.
• 33:02
  SPEAKER_02: Let's keep it up.
• 33:03
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go.
• 33:03
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go.
• 33:04
  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna get a tally bar here going.
• 33:05
  SPEAKER_02: 2-0, man.
• 33:06
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go.
• 33:07
  SPEAKER_02: Let's go, Aztecs.
• 33:08
  SPEAKER_02: Another, and speaking of the Imperial Valley, um, Palo Verde, another old Imperial team, is coming to Shadow Hills.
• 33:15
  SPEAKER_02: Another tough game for Shadow Hills.
• 33:17
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Palo Verde's good.
• 33:19
  SPEAKER_01: Um I think Shadow Hills can beat them, man.
• 33:22
  SPEAKER_01: I what I saw, I liked what I saw.
• 33:24
  SPEAKER_01: They just gotta clean up those mistakes from last week, and I think they will.
• 33:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um Palo Verde is a good team, though.
• 33:29
  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I wouldn't be surprised.
• 33:30
  SPEAKER_01: That's another small football town.
• 33:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, they travel well, um, they support their boys, so they're coming into town hard.
• 33:36
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'm going with Shadow Hills though, you know.
• 33:39
  SPEAKER_01: Uh I I like I said, I I like the offense I saw from Nick King.
• 33:43
  SPEAKER_01: If they can just um don't throw picks, hold on to the ball, keep the penalties down, I think they'll be all right.
• 33:51
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm going with Shadow Hills.
• 33:52
  SPEAKER_02: No turnovers, and I think they'll be fine.
• 33:54
  SPEAKER_02: Because Shadow Hills, I think it's just a matter of time before that offense starts clicking and they got all those weapons.
• 34:00
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 34:00
  SPEAKER_02: I mean, it it it's just gonna be a matter of time.
• 34:02
  SPEAKER_01: They got something brewing there.
• 34:03
  SPEAKER_01: They got sleep on them.
• 34:04
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, don't sleep.
• 34:05
  SPEAKER_02: Josh liked what he saw.
• 34:06
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it was nice.
• 34:08
  SPEAKER_02: At some point, that offense is gonna be an awakened beast and everybody else is gonna be in trouble, but um, I that may be this week.
• 34:15
  SPEAKER_02: So we're we're rooting for the for the knights.
• 34:17
  SPEAKER_02: Come on, let's go nights.
• 34:18
  SPEAKER_02: Let's get that, let's beat that Imperial team and uh, you know, let's let's run up that scoreboard on the Imperial Valley.
• 34:24
  SPEAKER_02: Um a rare Saturday game.
• 34:27
  SPEAKER_02: Desert Christian Academy at Arrowhead Christian.
• 34:31
  SPEAKER_01: So I wonder if they don't have lights, that's why it's Saturday.
• 34:33
  SPEAKER_02: It's 6 p.m.
• 34:34
  SPEAKER_02: kickoff, so maybe it's just another ref thing.
• 34:37
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 34:37
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but they're they're on the road.
• 34:39
  SPEAKER_02: Um, but I I think uh this is gonna be uh another another uh warm-up game for Desert Christian Academy.
• 34:46
  SPEAKER_02: Probably another 50 50 burger out there.
• 34:48
  SPEAKER_02: What are you thinking?
• 34:49
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's it's it's shaping up to be, man.
• 34:51
  SPEAKER_01: DCA is for real again.
• 34:52
  SPEAKER_02: So DCA is for real.
• 34:54
  SPEAKER_02: You gotta be a good football team to to to beat them.
• 34:57
  SPEAKER_02: So yeah, they're I mean, there's a reason they won all these games.
• 35:00
  SPEAKER_02: It's not it's not because they can't play football.
• 35:03
  SPEAKER_02: They're they're very good, they're a very good team.
• 35:05
  SPEAKER_01: Coach Johnson's doing it right over there.
• 35:07
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so we're expecting another kind of another big win for DCA.
• 35:11
  SPEAKER_02: They're gonna come home 2-0.
• 35:13
  SPEAKER_02: Um, and then they'll be getting into the teeth of their schedule.
• 35:15
  SPEAKER_02: They're gonna have a lot tougher matches coming up, and we'll kind of speak of those the next couple weeks.
• 35:19
  SPEAKER_02: Another another uh interesting game.
• 35:22
  SPEAKER_02: Banning Broncos are going to Redland.
• 35:24
  SPEAKER_02: So banning off a 50-7 win in their first game.
• 35:28
  SPEAKER_02: Fantastic win.
• 35:29
  SPEAKER_02: Offense, offense doing what we knew it was gonna do.
• 35:32
  SPEAKER_01: I think that quarterback might be the best scenario.
• 35:35
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think he is.
• 35:36
  SPEAKER_01: He can sling it.
• 35:36
  SPEAKER_01: If you haven't seen him play, I I know I've spoken on it, I won't be too long about it, but he's a fantastic quarterback.
• 35:41
  SPEAKER_01: And he's got a ton of weapons, ton of weapons at Banning.
• 35:44
  SPEAKER_02: Banning is a sleeping giant offensively.
• 35:47
  SPEAKER_02: He's been playing with them for a few years.
• 35:48
  SPEAKER_02: So they had a relatively easy home opener, but this is gonna be a nice little test.
• 35:52
  SPEAKER_02: Redlands is a big high school, big public school.
• 35:55
  SPEAKER_02: Um real test.
• 35:56
  SPEAKER_02: They've been down, they've been down a couple years, but they're they're still always uh still always has got some good players.
• 36:03
  SPEAKER_02: It'll be a nice matchup to see where Banning is at.
• 36:05
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 36:06
  SPEAKER_02: I think uh let's go Broncos.
• 36:07
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, let's get that win though.
• 36:08
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, keep it going.
• 36:10
  SPEAKER_02: DVL, I mean, DVL's gonna be tough, man.
• 36:12
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 36:12
  SPEAKER_02: And then lastly, we're gonna get to Coach Josh's game of the week.
• 36:16
  SPEAKER_02: Xavier versus Desert Hot Springs.
• 36:18
  SPEAKER_01: Desert Hot Springs is coming down to Xavier.
• 36:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um the and they got a new stadium there.
• 36:25
  SPEAKER_01: They're opening their new stadium at Xavier, which um which I always liked that environment Xavier had.
• 36:30
  SPEAKER_01: They played in the back, the field wasn't the best, but just that environment, that that grass area for the kids.
• 36:35
  SPEAKER_01: It'll be interesting to see if they still have a little area for the kids to play.
• 36:38
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sure they will.
• 36:39
  SPEAKER_01: I'm sure they will, but I'm sure they will.
• 36:41
  SPEAKER_01: But just having a new facility to play in and um uh start off a new era at the school.
• 36:47
  SPEAKER_01: That that's gonna be exciting to be to go witness.
• 36:50
  SPEAKER_01: So and doing against another desert team.
• 36:52
  SPEAKER_01: It's not an out-of-town team, so yeah, it's gonna be a good night.
• 36:55
  SPEAKER_02: Well, I would uh say that Xavier is gonna be the underdog in that game, though, wouldn't you?
• 37:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 37:02
  SPEAKER_01: I uh hard to say that, but I yeah, DHS for real, man.
• 37:06
  SPEAKER_01: They're playing really good defense.
• 37:08
  SPEAKER_01: Um, they got guys all over the place, and uh the it looks like that offense is just getting warmed up, man.
• 37:13
  SPEAKER_01: So they got a system in, they're getting better at it.
• 37:16
  SPEAKER_02: And um Xavier, you know, we had a lot of question marks from last week, so yeah, and uh still we don't know who their Xavier is actually gonna be having on the field, you know.
• 37:26
  SPEAKER_02: That doesn't always that doesn't help you prepare.
• 37:28
  SPEAKER_01: Let's get that transfer push through.
• 37:29
  SPEAKER_01: Come on, yeah.
• 37:30
  SPEAKER_02: Come on, CIS.
• 37:31
  SPEAKER_02: Let's get our guys out there.
• 37:32
  SPEAKER_01: You're taking games away from a young man that that deserves to play out there.
• 37:35
  SPEAKER_01: So they can't get those back.
• 37:37
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, let's do it.
• 37:38
  SPEAKER_02: That's tough.
• 37:39
  SPEAKER_02: But um Desert Hot Springs, man.
• 37:41
  SPEAKER_02: They're they're they're they're legit.
• 37:43
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's they they beat a really good team.
• 37:46
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, they beat a really good team on the road.
• 37:48
  SPEAKER_02: That defense is they've got some guys up front that are really good.
• 37:52
  SPEAKER_02: Um yeah, it should be an interesting game, though.
• 37:54
  SPEAKER_02: Xavier is not, like we said, without talent.
• 37:57
  SPEAKER_02: They got a ton of talent as well.
• 37:58
  SPEAKER_01: They practice too.
• 37:59
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and they got and they got some D they got a D1 guy over there too, and a couple that may be D1.
• 38:04
  SPEAKER_02: I mean that defense, the defense for Xavier is is pretty dang good.
• 38:08
  SPEAKER_02: They're gonna be good all year.
• 38:09
  SPEAKER_02: Uh Luke Vermillion in the back, he's he's a he's a stud at safety.
• 38:14
  SPEAKER_02: He must have had 10 tackles in the first game.
• 38:16
  SPEAKER_02: Oh wow.
• 38:16
  SPEAKER_02: He's an excellent uh downhill safety.
• 38:19
  SPEAKER_02: Um, they got they got guys on each level, so it should be a really good matchup.
• 38:23
  SPEAKER_02: But I think initially we got they were gonna give the advantage just to Desert Hot Springs just because of who they beat.
• 38:28
  SPEAKER_02: It's such an impressive win.
• 38:29
  SPEAKER_01: I I couldn't choose, man.
• 38:31
  SPEAKER_02: It kind of could be a coin flip game.
• 38:33
  SPEAKER_02: And Xavier's gonna be hyped because it's their first home opener.
• 38:35
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah, the energy is gonna be crazy.
• 38:37
  SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
• 38:37
  SPEAKER_02: So Coach Josh, game of the week.
• 38:39
  SPEAKER_02: Game of the week.
• 38:40
  SPEAKER_02: Desert Hot Springs at Xavier Prep.
• 38:42
  SPEAKER_02: The good news is the desert team's gonna win.
• 38:45
  SPEAKER_02: And it's also a DVL, DEL matchup.
• 38:47
  SPEAKER_02: So, you know, we got more to talk about.
• 38:49
  SPEAKER_02: So it's gonna be a fun week.
• 38:50
  SPEAKER_02: Week one, man, that's fantastic.
• 38:52
  SPEAKER_02: It's shaping up to be a great week.
• 38:54
  SPEAKER_02: We're excited.
• 38:55
  SPEAKER_02: We're gonna be back next week to kind of go over the results and preview the next week.
• 38:59
  SPEAKER_02: So you gotta stay tuned.
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  SPEAKER_02: Get your popcorn ready for this week, though.
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  SPEAKER_02: So everybody's playing this week, so we're gonna have a lot to talk about.
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  SPEAKER_02: So let's go.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're ready, man.
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  SPEAKER_02: We're ready.
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  SPEAKER_02: So you guys know the routine.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we'll see you next time on Desert Valley Blitz.