Two dominant signal callers in Kevin Hawkins and Diego Montes are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Birmingham Patriots and the Kennedy Cougars will shake off the rust and duke it out at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Kennedy will face off against a team with plenty of momentum: Birmingham extended their winning streak to six two weeks ago. The Patriots took their matchup with ease, bagging a 46-8 win over Chatsworth. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Patriots' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Chancellors are ranked 840th).
Jimmy Renteria
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Birmingham's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Jimmy Renteria, who picked up 74 receiving yards and three TDs, and Braylen Morgan, who rushed for 91 yards and one score on only seven carries. Those three receiving touchdowns gave Renteria a new career-high.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: 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.
Meanwhile, while Kennedy put up plenty of points two weeks ago, the same can't be said for Reseda. The Cougars blew past the Regents 65-0. The Cougars pushed the score to 58-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Regents had no chance of recovering from.
Birmingham better focus on containing Chaz Rodriguez and Josue Sandoval as the pair were huge in Kennedy's win. Rodriguez threw for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes, while Sandoval rushed for 69 yards and one score. Miguel De La Torre also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Birmingham's record now sits at 7-3. As for Kennedy, their record is now 9-1.
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