Football Preview: Redondo Union Sea Hawks vs. Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits
Two dominant signal callers in Kaya Aguirre and Kenzie Paimany are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Redondo Union Sea Hawks will take on the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Redondo Union: 5.4, Long Beach Poly: 14.1) so any points scored will be well earned.
Redondo Union is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They came out on top against Corona by a score of 13-6.
Meanwhile, Long Beach Poly came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Conquerors a 20-0 shutout. Considering the Jackrabbits have won 13 games by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
A big part of Long Beach Poly's win came down to the chemistry between Paimany and her top target Ki'Ele Ho-Ching. Paimany threw for 228 yards and two touchdowns while Ho-Ching gained 79 total yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Ho-Ching a new career-high in rushing yards.
One reason for the win was Long Beach Poly's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. Leading the way was Neela Bagley with two.
Redondo Union pushed their record up to 13-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Long Beach Poly, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 18-8 record this season.
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