Garfield has gone 7-2 against South Gate recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Garfield Bulldogs will take on the South Gate Rams at 7:00 p.m. Garfield will be strutting in after a victory while South Gate will be coming in after a defeat.
Garfield is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down South East 48-30 on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Jaguars are ranked 788th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Ceasar Reyes, who rushed for 260 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 16.3 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 327 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, South Gate didn't have quite enough to beat Bell on Friday and fell 42-40.
Garfield's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for South Gate, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Garfield against South Gate in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as the team secured a 70-14 victory. In that match, Garfield amassed a halftime lead of 42-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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