Malibu has enjoyed a five-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will challenge the California Lutheran C-Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Malibu is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.2 points per game this season.
Malibu is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Sierra just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 38-14 to the Chieftains. The game marked the Sharks' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Tanner Kies and Johnny Harshman. Harshman had a great game and rushed for 134 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Kies was balling out in the loss, rushing for 94 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, California Lutheran entered their tilt with Southlands Christian on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They claimed a resounding 66-11 win over the Eagles. Considering the C-Hawks have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Colton Mcgee was his usual excellent self, rushing for 129 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 68 yards and two touchdowns. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 65 yards. Another player making a difference was Aiden Boehm, who gained 62 total yards and two touchdowns.
California Lutheran was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 237 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 164 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Malibu's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-3. As for California Lutheran, they pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
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