After two games on the road, Azusa is heading back home. They will host the Temple City Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Azusa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Mark Keppel, posting a 40-8 victory on the road.
Juan Tapia Jr. was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 69 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Joshua Villarreal was another key player, rushing for 115 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Meanwhile, Temple City put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Bosco Tech on the road to the tune of 35-0. The Rams' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Diego Rowe went supernova for Temple City, rushing for 109 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries.
The win got Azusa back to even at 2-2. As for Temple City, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Azusa and Temple City were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2015, but Azusa suffered an agonizing 27-26 loss. Thankfully for Azusa, Matthew Gravel (who picked up 151 receiving yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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