Preview: Justin Garza Guardians vs. Lemoore Tigers
Justin Garza has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge The Lemoore Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Justin Garza will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 339th, while Lemoore is ranked 139th).
Justin Garza missed an extra point against Madera on Friday and it came back to haunt them. Justin Garza was just a hair shy of victory and fell 28-27 to Madera.
Despite the loss, Justin Garza got a solid performance out of Caleb Matthews, who rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Meanwhile, Lemoore unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Friday. They received a tough blow as they fell 27-13 to Hanford. Despite 71 more yards than Hanford, Lemoore couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Although Lemoore took the loss, they still got scores from Johnny Cunha and Elijah Daley.
The losses dropped Justin Garza to 5-5 and Lemoore to 7-3.
