The Edison Vikings will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Downey Knights at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Edison is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lodi, posting a 42-0 victory. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 154th, while the Flames are ranked 394th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Edison can attribute much of their success to Devin Rasmussen, who threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns on only 17 passes, and Marcus Harrison, who gained 148 total yards and three touchdowns. Harrison really caught the secondary sleeping when he pulled down a catch that went for 91 yards. Langdon Horace was another key player, picking up 122 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Edison didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Darius McClendon, Tajean Stallworth, and Kam Washington picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Downey made easy work of Gregori on Friday and carried off a 61-35 win. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by 26 points or more this season.
Downey's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Carson Lamb led the charge by throwing for 302 yards and four touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Joseph Ramirez, who picked up 126 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Downey's defensive line and their four sacks. Noah Sacuskie was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself. Sacuskie is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least six every time he's taken the field this season.
Edison is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-6 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.8 points per game. As for Downey, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-1.
Edison ended up a good deal behind Downey when the teams last played back in September, losing 35-20. Can Edison avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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