Football Preview: Culver City Centaurs vs. Mira Costa Mustangs
The Culver City Centaurs will venture away from home to take on the Mira Costa Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Culver City is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
Culver City will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 35) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Palos Verdes , sneaking past 21-18. The 21-point effort marked the Centaurs' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mira Costa). They claimed a resounding 49-7 win over Lawndale on the road. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Cardinals are ranked 545th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Aj Mcbean was his usual excellent self, rushing for 140 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Mira Costa is undefeated when Mcbean posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Liam Meeker, who rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Mira Costa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Culver City's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 5-1. As for Mira Costa, their record is now 4-2.
Culver City barely slipped by Mira Costa when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 14-13. The rematch might be a little tougher for Culver City since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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