Football Preview: Steele Canyon Cougars vs. Point Loma Pointers
The Steele Canyon Cougars will face off against the Point Loma Pointers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Steele Canyon will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Friday, Steele Canyon humbled Valhalla with a 45-14 victory. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while the Norsemen are ranked 891st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Steele Canyon found their leader in underclassman Gavin Caha, who threw for 267 yards and five touchdowns. Those five passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Caha. John Weaver Iv helped Caha out on the ground, rushing for 132 yards on only five carries.
Steele Canyon's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Caden Davey and Stefan Raschtschenia. Steele Canyon got some further help from Tyree Zarkaryan: he made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Point Loma owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance last Thursday. They took down Eastlake 16-0.
The critical scores for Point Loma came from Elijah "EJ" Petersen and Ian Metayer.
Steele Canyon's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Point Loma, the victory got them back to even at 2-2.
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