The Point Loma Pointers will venture away from home to square off against the Steele Canyon Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Point Loma's defense has only allowed 16.8 points per game this season, so Steele Canyon's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Point Loma's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They took down Eastlake 16-0.
The critical scores for Point Loma came from Elijah "EJ" Petersen and Ian Metayer.
Meanwhile, Steele Canyon entered their tilt with Valhalla on Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They claimed a resounding 45-14 win over the Norsemen on the road. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 322nd, while the Norsemen are ranked 891st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gavin Caha continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 267 yards and five touchdowns. John Weaver Iv helped Caha out on the ground, rushing for 132 yards on only five carries.
Steele Canyon's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Caden Davey and Stefan Raschtschenia. Tyree Zarkaryan was another major factor on D, making eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
The victory got Point Loma back to even at 2-2. As for Steele Canyon, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
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