Football Preview: North Saxons vs. Torrance Tartars
The North Saxons will venture away from home to challenge the Torrance Tartars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
On September 5th, North came up short against El Segundo and fell 20-13. While losing is never fun, the Saxons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Eagles are ranked 158th).
Meanwhile, Torrance had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.9 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They snuck past the Eagles with a 19-13 win.
Torrance relied on the efforts of Madison Schepp, who threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, and Jennah Black, who picked up 80 receiving yards and a touchdown. Black also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making two total tackles and defending two passes in addition to snagging an interception.
This is the second loss in a row for North and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Torrance, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
North lost to Torrance on the road by a decisive 32-16 margin when the teams last played on September 3rd. Can North avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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