Football Preview: Bishop Montgomery Knights vs. Compton Early College Rising Phoenix
The Bishop Montgomery Knights will square off against the Compton Early College Rising Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bishop Montgomery will be strutting in after a win while Compton Early College will be coming in after a loss.
Last Friday, Bishop Montgomery didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against South El Monte, but they still walked away with a 21-17 victory.
Jack Hall had an outrageously good game as he picked up 155 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 107 receiving yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Aidan Morais, who threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes.
Another reason for the win was Bishop Montgomery's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Blake Burns and Myles Hilliard who racked up four sacks between them. Hilliard's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks, forcing a fumble, and making seven total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, after soaring to 38 points the game before, Compton Early College was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They were beaten by South 55-6. While losing is never fun, the Rising Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 989th, while the Spartans are ranked 477th).
Bishop Montgomery's win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-1. As for Compton Early College, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
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