The Taft Toreadors are taking a road trip to challenge the University Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Taft will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played on September 6th but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed two weeks ago was a bit more commanding. They were beaten by Oak Park 40-7. Having soared to a lofty 32 points in the game before, the Toreadors couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, University came up short against Los Angeles on Friday and fell 28-16. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Although University took the loss, they still got scores from D'Elliott Jones and Jay'Don Manuel.
University wouldn't let Los Angeles keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. University can thank Montae Hamblet and Avier Phillips-Coltrane for forcing both of them.
Taft's loss was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-3. As for University, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Taft was dealt a bruising 34-7 loss at the hands of University when the teams last played back in August of 2019. Can Taft avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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