Football Game Preview: Arleta Mustangs vs. Huntington Park Spartans

The Arleta Mustangs will head out to challenge the Huntington Park Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Huntington Park will square off against a team with plenty of momentum: Arleta extended their winning streak to four on Thursday. The Mustangs simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Poly 50-7. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Mustangs just coasted through the last quarter.

Jesse Rios

Passing Yards (Career)

10/30/25 vs Poly	54
10/23/25 @ Fulton	53
08/23/24 vs Westchester	48
10/17/25 @ Verdugo Hills	30
09/06/24 @ Taft	23

Arleta's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jose Rosas, who rushed for 131 yards and a pair of scores on only 13 carries, and Jesse Rios, who rushed for 40 yards and one TD. The dominant performance also gave Rios a new career-high in passing yards (54). Ethan Lillingston got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Arleta was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 268 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in 14 consecutive contests dating back to last season.

Arleta didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Rosas and Lillingston. Rosas' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 119 rushing yards. Lillingston got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.

Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Huntington Park, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They never let Legacy get on the board and left with a 49-0 victory on Thursday. The win continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won five in a row.

One reason for the win was Huntington Park's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Leading the way was Erick Diaz with two. He is becoming a predictor of Huntington Park's success: when he posts at least one sack the team is 2-1 (and 0-7 when he doesn't).

The victory was their first at home , bumping their record up to 2-8. As for Arleta, their record now sits at 7-3.