Football Preview: Burroughs Bears vs. Glendale Nitros
Burroughs is 6-0 against Glendale since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Burroughs Bears will face off against the Glendale Nitros at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Burroughs has three straight wins, Glendale has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Burroughs beats Glendale with 21 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Burroughs walked away with a 21-13 victory over Arcadia on Friday.
It was another big night for Matteo Tarca, who rushed for 268 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Burroughs was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 273 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Glendale came up short against Pasadena on Friday and fell 21-14.
Burroughs' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Glendale, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything came up roses for Burroughs against Glendale when the teams last played back in September of 2019, as the team secured a 49-6 victory. Will Burroughs repeat their success, or does Glendale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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