Huntington Park has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the South East Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Huntington Park ended up a good deal behind Garfield and lost 41-25. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 687th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 335th).
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Noah Mancillas and Ceasar Reyes. Reyes had a great game and rushed for 231 yards and four touchdowns on only eight carries. Meanwhile, Mancillas was balling out in the loss, rushing for 82 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Even though they lost, Huntington Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 313 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in ten consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, South East's undefeated season came to an end after three games on Friday. They lost 36-13 to Bell. The loss was the Jaguars' first of the season.
Huntington Park's loss dropped their record down to 3-2. As for South East, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 3-1.
Huntington Park came up short against South East in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 16-7. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South East's Edward Rivera, who rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown. Now that Huntington Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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