Football Preview: San Marino Titans vs. South Pasadena Tigers
San Marino is 9-1 against South Pasadena since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The San Marino Titans will host the South Pasadena Tigers at 7:00 p.m. San Marino will be looking to keep their three-game home win streak alive.
San Marino is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Monrovia on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. San Marino was dealt a 63-27 loss at the hands of Monrovia. The Titans haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Brady Beck, who threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns. Julian Solis was in the mix too, providing San Marino with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Pasadena). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Polytechnic 55-7 at home. With that victory, the Tigers brought their scoring average up to 29.2 points per game.
Trey Freking continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 138 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.1 yards per carry.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: South Pasadena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 295 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
South Pasadena didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Lorenzo Jones, David Eisenberg, and Jacob Chuang picked up one apiece. The dominant performance also gave Eisenberg a new career-high in rushing yards.
San Marino's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for South Pasadena, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-2.
San Marino came out on top in a nail-biter against South Pasadena when the teams last played back in September of 2023, sneaking past 10-7. Will San Marino repeat their success, or does South Pasadena have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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