After each having a week off, Boys' Latin Charter and the West Philadelphia Speedboys will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Boys' Latin Charter is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses.
Last Saturday, Boys' Latin Charter didn't have quite enough to beat Mastery Charter North - Pickett and fell 16-14.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Philadelphia). They blew past Olney 38-0 last Saturday. The Speedboys' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a point in their last three games.
Among those leading the charge was Xavier Howard, who threw for 78 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes.
Boys' Latin Charter's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for West Philadelphia, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-4 record this season.
Boys' Latin Charter came up short against West Philadelphia when the teams last played back in September, falling 12-6. Can Boys' Latin Charter avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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