Football Preview: Grant Lancers vs. Dr. Maya Angelou Community Phoenix
The Grant Lancers will host the Dr. Maya Angelou Community Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Grant humbled Poly with a 41-10 victory. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lancers.
Grant can attribute much of their success to Carson Rinka, who threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.9% of his passes. A healthy portion of that aerial production (82 yards to be exact) went to Liam Connolly.
Meanwhile, Dr. Maya Angelou Community hadn't done well against Santee recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Dr. Maya Angelou Community was the clear victor by a 42-20 margin over Santee. The victory was nothing new for the Phoenix as they're now sitting on three straight.
Adrian Mendoza was the offensive standout of the game as he threw for 168 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes.
Grant is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.0 points per game. As for Dr. Maya Angelou Community, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-6.
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