Football Recap: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits vs. Mission Viejo Diablos
If Long Beach Poly was riding high fresh off their 47-20 takedown of Lakewood last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits were dealt a 49-14 defeat at the hands of the Mission Viejo Diablos on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Jackrabbits can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Diablos are ranked second).
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Hinesward Lilomaiava and he. Lilomaiava rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.7 yards per carry while he rushed for 171 yards and a touchdown while picking up 10.7 yards per carry.
Long Beach Poly's loss was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Mission Viejo, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Long Beach Poly will head out to take on Millikan at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Millikan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 45.2 points per game this season. As for Mission Viejo, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against San Clemente at 7:00 p.m. on October 18th.
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