The Portola Bulldogs are taking a road trip to take on the Pacifica Mariners at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
Portola will head into Friday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Friday (they won by 25) but on Friday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Buena Park 28-26.
Timothy Grettenberg went supernova for Portola, rushing for 77 yards and two touchdowns. Grettenberg is becoming a predictor of Portola's success: when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns the team is undefeated (and 1-5 when he doesn't).
Meanwhile, while Pacifica put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Katella. Pacifica blew past Katella 42-0. Given the Mariners' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 419th, while the Knights are ranked 916th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Portola's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-5. As for Pacifica, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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