Football Preview: Oak Park Eagles vs. West Warriors
The Oak Park Eagles's road trip will continue as they head out to face the West Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oak Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 31.4 points per game this season.
Oak Park is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 53-43 win over Camarillo. The Eagles' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
A big part of Oak Park's victory came down to the chemistry between Tillman Lovett and his top target Nico Mastrippolito. Lovett threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns while Mastrippolito picked up 202 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Mastrippolito's receiving production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 121 receiving yards.
Oak Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 336 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oak Park's defensive line and their four sacks. Isaac Thomas was especially locked on to Camarillo's QB and sacked him twice. Thomas also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13.
Meanwhile, West waltzed into their game on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They secured a 24-20 W over the Mustangs. The score was all tied up 14-14 at the break, but the Warriors were the better team in the second half.
West pushed their record up to 9-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.4 points per game. As for Oak Park, their victory bumped their record up to 8-3.
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