Football Preview: Oak Park Eagles vs. Camarillo Scorpions
The Oak Park Eagles will challenge the Camarillo Scorpions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Oak Park will be strutting in after a victory while Camarillo will be coming in after a loss.
Oak Park will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points two weeks ago, then bounced right back against Royal on Friday. Oak Park breezed by Royal to the tune of 42-14. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 241st, while the Highlanders are ranked 669th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
A big part of Oak Park's win came down to the chemistry between Tillman Lovett and his top target Nico Mastrippolito. Lovett threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 passes while Mastrippolito picked up 172 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Mastrippolito's longest reception was for an incredible 82 yards.
Meanwhile, Camarillo was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They took a 41-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of St. Bonaventure.
Despite the loss, Camarillo had strong showings from Brayden Smith, who picked up 198 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and Brendan Widerburg, who threw for 345 yards and two touchdowns.
Oak Park's record now sits at 7-3. As for Camarillo, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-8.
Oak Park ended up a good deal behind Camarillo in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, losing 23-6. Can Oak Park avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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