University City hasn't had much luck against Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The University City Centurions will look to defend their home field against the Christian Patriots at 7:00 p.m. University City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 40.8 points per game this season.
Last Friday, everything went University City's way against La Jolla as University City made off with a 48-27 win. The result was nothing new for the Centurions, who have now won seven matchups by 21 points or more so far this season.
University City's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Quentyn DeMara, who threw for 248 yards and four touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes, and Nakeem Jones, who rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to University City's defense and their four sacks. Xavier Quintanar was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up two himself.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Christian rose to the challenge on Friday. They skirted past the Tigers 28-26. The victory was nothing new for the Patriots as they're now sitting on seven straight.
A big part of Christian's win came down to the chemistry between Kaleb Runkle and his top target Kai Rosier. Runkle threw for 290 yards and three touchdowns while Rosier picked up 214 receiving yards and a touchdown.
University City pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.8 points per game. As for Christian, their win bumped their record up to 9-2.
University City came up short against Christian in their previous meeting back in October of 2019, falling 42-35. Thankfully for University City, Gabriel Krug (who rushed for 216 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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