
Hornets
08/29/25 vs Long Beach Poly | 36-20 |
12/06/24 vs Newbury Park | 34-27 |
11/15/24 vs Mission Hills | 13-7 |
11/01/24 vs Madison | 56-0 |
10/11/24 vs Point Loma | 42-0 |
10/05/24 vs Los Alamitos | 24-14 |
Lincoln had won six straight at home dating back to last season, but on Friday they bumped up to 2-0 to make it seven. They took down the Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits 36-20. The Hornets' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Rashad Robinson went supernova, rushing for 148 yards and a pair of touchdowns while picking up 9.3 yards per carry, and also catching one score. Junior Curtis also helped with two TDs in total.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Lincoln was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 198 rushing yards in nine consecutive games dating back to last season.
Lincoln's defense stepped up as well, laying out Deuce Jefferson. three times. Christian Beltran-Palomera was especially locked on to Long Beach Poly's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in the Jackrabbits' side was Prince Tavizon, who made nine total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended three passes.
As for Long Beach Poly, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2. While losing is never fun, they can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 45th, while Lincoln is ranked tenth).
Despite the loss, Long Beach Poly still got an impressive performance from Jefferson, who threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns.
Lincoln has already played their next contest, a 50-31 victory against Arbor View on the 5th. As for Long Beach Poly, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next matchup, a 28-27 win against Tustin on the 5th.
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