Football Preview: Gunn Titans vs. El Camino Colts
After two games on the road, Gunn is heading back home. They will welcome the El Camino Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
El Camino's offense is going to have their work cut out for them on Thursday: Gunn hadn't allowed a single point the last three times they've hit the field. Gunn simply couldn't be stopped last Friday as they easily beat Cupertino 47-0 on the road. Fans of the Titans have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Yonatan Smolyar had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards. Jeremiah G Davis made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Gunn didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. G Davis picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. Another thorn in Cupertino's side was Luke Hines, who made 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Gunn was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 236 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 227 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask El Camino). They blew past Lynbrook 63-6 on the road on Friday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-0.
Gunn pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for El Camino, their victory ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-3.
Gunn came up short against El Camino when the teams last played back in August of 2016, falling 38-28. Can Gunn avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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