Football Preview: Temple City Rams vs. South Pasadena Tigers
Temple City hasn't had much luck against South Pasadena recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Temple City Rams' road trip will continue as they head out to face the South Pasadena Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Temple City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.5 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, Temple City slipped by Polytechnic 7-6.
Meanwhile, South Pasadena entered their tilt with Monrovia on Thursday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 36-27.
Trey Freking was his usual excellent self, rushing for 273 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.3 yards per carry. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 120.2 rushing yards per game.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Pasadena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 424 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in four consecutive matchups.
Temple City's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for South Pasadena, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 6-2.
Temple City ended up a good deal behind South Pasadena in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, losing 42-28. Thankfully for Temple City, Jason Hong (who rushed for 210 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 10.0 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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