Centennial and Garces Memorial pushed the score to 56-15 the last time they played Garces Memorial, but on Friday defenses reigned supreme. The Golden Hawks fell 16-7 to the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Golden Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 374th, while the Rams are ranked 146th).
The critical scores for Garces Memorial came from Treson Wallace and Mark Gomez.
This is the second loss in a row for Centennial and nudges their season record down to 1-5. As for Garces Memorial, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming contests. Centennial will head out to challenge Bakersfield at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Drillers' defense has only allowed 6.8 points per game this season, so the Golden Hawks' offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Garces Memorial, they will head out on the road to square off against Stockdale at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The Rams will be up against the Mustangs' rather soft defense (which has allowed 40.33 points per game), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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