The Bentley Phoenix will face off against the Averroes Falcon at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bentley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Athenian, who was ranked seventh at the time (Bentley was ranked fifth). The Phoenix never let the Owls get on the board and left with a 3-0 win on Friday. Winning may never get old, but Bentley sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Averroes). They put the hurt on Brave Christian with a sharp 12-0 victory on Monday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded Averroes with their most commanding win of the season.
The win got Averroes back to even at 4-4-2. As for Bentley, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Everything went Bentley's way against Averroes in their previous matchup back in September of 2024, as Bentley made off with a 10-0 win. Do the Phoenix have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Falcon turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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