The Huntington Park Spartans are taking a road trip to take on the Lincoln Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Huntington Park's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They breezed by Fremont at home to the tune of 41-0.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Huntington Park to victory, but perhaps none more so than Noah Mancillas, who rushed for 98 yards and two touchdowns. Mancillas got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible 72 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Christopher Wooley, who gained 150 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Huntington Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 397 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 156 rushing yards in eight consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Lincoln earned a 41-32 victory over Santee on Friday.
Lincoln can attribute much of their success to Kenneth Brown, who rushed for 218 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.5 yards per carry, and Jacob Gomez, who rushed for 31 yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Brown is now averaging an impressive 105.7 rushing yards per game.
Huntington Park now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Lincoln, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Friday's game might be decided in the trenches. Huntington Park has been unstoppable on the ground this season, having averaged 295.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Lincoln struggles in that department as they've been averaging 169.7. It's looking like Friday's matchup might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Huntington Park was taken down by Lincoln 51-14 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry, and also picked up 45 receiving yards. Now that Huntington Park knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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