Two dominant signal callers in Diego Montes and Kevin Hawkins are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Kennedy Cougars and the Birmingham Patriots will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kennedy is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Reseda: they outscored them in every quarter. The Cougars never let the Regents get on the board and left with a 65-0 victory two weeks ago. The Cougars have beaten the Regents the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Regents has come to flipping the script.

Miguel De La Torre
| 10/17/25 vs Canoga Park | 101 |
| 10/30/25 @ Reseda | 84 |
| 10/03/25 vs Panorama | 74 |
| 08/22/25 vs Eagle Rock | 51 |
| 09/19/25 vs Van Nuys | 31 |
Chaz Rodriguez and Josue Sandoval were among the main playmakers for Kennedy as the former threw for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes and the latter rushed for 69 yards and one score. The dominant performance also gave Rodriguez a new career-high in passing touchdowns (two). Miguel De La Torre also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Birmingham against Chatsworth two weeks ago as the squad secured a 46-8 win. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Chancellors are ranked 840th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kennedy better focus on containing Jimmy Renteria and Braylen Morgan as the pair were huge in Birmingham's win. Renteria picked up 74 receiving yards and three TDs, while Morgan rushed for 91 yards and one touchdown on only seven carries.
Birmingham was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chatsworth only rushed for five.
Kennedy's victory bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Birmingham, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
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