Football Preview: Monrovia Bulldogs vs. Indianapolis Lutheran Saints
Monrovia has enjoyed a four-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Indianapolis Lutheran Saints at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Monrovia is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Covenant Christian onto the board and left with a 42-0 win. 42 seems to be a good number for the Bulldogs as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Ryder Pool continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 134 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries. He is becoming a predictor of Monrovia's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-2 when he doesn't).
Monrovia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 444 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 182 rushing yards in 23 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Monrovia didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jozy Hand and Dionta Fowler.
Meanwhile, Indianapolis Lutheran won against Heritage Christian two weeks ago with 49 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Indianapolis Lutheran claimed a resounding 49-7 win over Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. The Saints' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Monrovia's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 27.9 points. As for Indianapolis Lutheran, the win (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 10-1.
Monrovia took a serious blow against Indianapolis Lutheran when the teams last played back in October, falling 49-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Indianapolis Lutheran's Jackson Willis, who threw for 399 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Now that Monrovia knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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