Football Preview: Downey Vikings vs. Bellflower Buccaneers
Downey has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Bellflower Buccaneers at 7:00 p.m. Downey is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.3 points per game this season.
Downey will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a three-point loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against La Mirada on Friday. Downey simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat La Mirada 45-7 on the road. Considering the Vikings have won three games by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Oscar Rios and Bernardo Blanco were among the main playmakers for Downey as the former threw for 277 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.1% of his passes and the latter rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Blanco's longest rush was for an incredible 71 yards.
Downey wouldn't let La Mirada keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Downey can thank Oscar Aguilar and Taevione Clair for forcing both of them. Aguilar is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last 13 games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Downey was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 264 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 167 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Bellflower was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat dating back to last season. They took a blow against Mayfair, falling 39-0. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 893rd, while the Monsoons are ranked 129th).
Downey's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Bellflower, their loss dropped their record down to 0-6.
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