The Point Loma Pointers will head out on the road 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 last Thursday. They enjoyed a cozy 16-0 win over Eastlake.
The critical scores for Point Loma came from Elijah "EJ" Petersen and Ian Metayer.
Meanwhile, Steele Canyon had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Norsemen 45-14 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. Another thorn in Valhalla's side was Tyree Zarkaryan, who made 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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