South and Torrance are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2014, but not for long. The South Spartans will square off against the Torrance Tartars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South hasn't scored more than six points for three games straight, a trend the team is eager to reverse.
South and Santa Monica met for a duel on Thursday where South had to take the L. South was beaten by Santa Monica 41-0. 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 704th, while the Vikings are ranked 286th).
Meanwhile, while Torrance put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Peninsula. Torrance took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 33-0 win over Peninsula. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tartars considering their seven-point performance the game before.
South's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Torrance, their victory was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1.
South came up short against Torrance in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, falling 24-20. Can South avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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