South Pasadena has gone 10-0 against La Canada recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The South Pasadena Tigers will challenge the La Canada Spartans at 7:00 p.m. South Pasadena is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last five games.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for South Pasadena against Temple City as the squad secured a 48-6 victory. Considering the Tigers have won three matches by more than 22 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Trey Freking continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 161 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. South Pasadena is undefeated when Freking posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Nott, who threw for 200 yards and a touchdown while completing 90.9% of his passes.
Meanwhile, La Canada unfortunately witnessed the end of their nine-game winning streak dating back to last season on Thursday. They took a 28-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Monrovia. The loss put an end to the Spartans' undefeated start to the season.
Although La Canada took the loss, they still got scores from Jakob Kim, Joe Bell, and Quest Swan.
South Pasadena pushed their record up to 7-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for La Canada, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1.
South Pasadena was able to grind out a solid victory over La Canada in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 34-27. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was La Canada's Macky Plocher, who threw for 224 yards and three touchdowns on only 18 passes, and also rushed for 113 yards. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for South Pasadena to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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