Football Preview: Saint Francis Lancers vs. De La Salle Spartans
The Saint Francis Lancers will venture away from home to take on the De La Salle Spartans at 7:30 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.
Saint Francis is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing McClymonds: they outscored them in every quarter. Saint Francis put the hurt on McClymonds with a sharp 34-14 victory on Friday. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Warriors are ranked 140th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kingston Keanaaina went supernova for Saint Francis, rushing for 336 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry. Keanaaina's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 114 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Saint Francis was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 420 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Saint Francis' defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Judah Reed and his two.
Meanwhile, De La Salle was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Junipero Serra 39-10 at home. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Spartans.
Saint Francis' record now sits at 2-0. As for De La Salle, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season.
Saint Francis lost to De La Salle on the road by a decisive 35-17 margin in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Saint Francis avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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