The Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits are taking a road trip to face off against the Mission Viejo Diablos at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Long Beach Poly is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lakewood 47-20 at home on Friday. Given the Jackrabbits' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Lancers are ranked 135th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Mission Viejo put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Chaparral at home to the tune of 51-10. The result was nothing new for the Diablos, who have now won five contests by 28 points or more so far this season.
Mission Viejo's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB 11 times. The heavy lifting was done by Jaden Williams and Kane Nolte, who racked up eight sacks between them. Williams is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last 22 games he's played dating back to last season.
The win made it two in a row for Long Beach Poly and bumps their season record up to 2-3. As for Mission Viejo, their victory was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Long Beach Poly didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Mission Viejo in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, but they still walked away with a 32-28 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Long Beach Poly since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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