Football Preview: Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits vs. Northview Vikings
Long Beach Poly is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Northview is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits will host the Northview Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Long Beach Poly is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Compton a 58-0 shutout on Friday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Deuce Jefferson was his usual excellent self, throwing for 185 yards and four touchdowns, while also rushing for 53 yards. 90 of Jefferson's passing yards were hauled in by Kamarie Smith, who also brought in two receiving touchdowns.
Long Beach Poly was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 324 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Long Beach Poly wouldn't let Compton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Long Beach Poly can thank Juju Johnson and Pierce Tusa for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Compton's side was Damien Matau, who made 12 total tackles (4.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, Northview humbled Baldwin Park with a 28-0 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Braves are ranked 459th), the result last Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Keanu Tauvao continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.1 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 116 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Matthew Gonzales, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Northview's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Rudy Velazquez and Gonzales, who racked up four sacks between them.
The win got Long Beach Poly back to even at 5-5. As for Northview, their record now sits at 10-0.
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