The Portola Bulldogs will take on the El Toro Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Portola will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a 29-point defeat in their previous outing, but that didn't affect their clutch gene on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Costa Mesa out 72-70.
Meanwhile, El Toro waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They secured a 54-50 W over the Mustangs. While the Chargers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-18), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
El Toro has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.5 points per game. As for Portola, the victory got them back to even at 5-5.
Portola couldn't quite finish off El Toro when the teams last played on Thursday and fell 78-75. Can Portola avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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