The Temple City Rams will square off against the Polytechnic Panthers at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. Neither Temple City nor Polytechnic posted many points in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Temple City's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Monrovia on Friday. They were beaten by the Wildcats 49-0. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 722nd, while the Wildcats are ranked 323rd).
Temple City wouldn't let Monrovia keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Temple City can thank Tyler Womack and Josh Jones for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Polytechnic was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a blow against La Canada, falling 44-7.
Temple City's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-2. As for Polytechnic, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Temple City couldn't quite finish off Polytechnic when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 17-14. Can Temple City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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