Football Preview: Palo Alto Vikings vs. Sacred Heart Prep Gators
After two games on the road, Palo Alto is heading back home. After each having a week off, they and the Sacred Heart Prep Gators will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Palo Alto is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.2 points per game this season.
Palo Alto and King's Academy met for a duel two weeks ago where Palo Alto came out on top. Palo Alto blew past King's Academy 27-6. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Palo Alto to victory, but perhaps none more so than Joseph Kessler, who rushed for 65 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Jeremiah Fung also helped out with an impressive 112 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Prep's game two weeks ago was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Hillsdale by a score of 21-14. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Gators.
Sacred Heart Prep's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Greg Gamitian led the charge by rushing for 104 yards and a touchdown. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Shen, who rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Sacred Heart Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jack Barton and Kyle Chai.
Palo Alto pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Sacred Heart Prep, they now have a winning record of 3-2.
Palo Alto lost to Sacred Heart Prep at home by a decisive 28-14 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Palo Alto avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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