South Gate lost against Garfield back in September of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The South Gate Rams fell 41-30 to the Garfield Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 802nd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 393rd).
Despite the loss, South Gate had strong showings from Michael Gonzalez, who threw for 235 yards and three touchdowns, and Nicholas Fonseca, who picked up 170 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
South Gate didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jordan Olivarez and Fonseca.
Garfield found their leader in underclassman Ceasar Reyes, who rushed for 142 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. Reyes' rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 103 rushing yards dating back to last season.
This is the second loss in a row for South Gate and nudges their season record down to 3-4. As for Garfield, the victory was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-2.
South Gate will be playing in front of their home fans against South East at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South East is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 30.4 points per game this season. As for Garfield, they will get to enjoy the win for a while: their next game is against Roosevelt at 7:30 p.m. on October 25th.
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