The Dymally Challengers will take on the San Pedro Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Dymally has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight defeats, while San Pedro will come in with four straight wins.
Dymally is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They came up short against El Camino Real on Friday, falling 33-8. That makes it the first time this season the Challengers have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, San Pedro blew past Eagle Rock, posting a 49-6 victory at home. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 198th, while the Eagles are ranked 509th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Marcus Alexander Jeronymo, who threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Petero Eneliko was in the mix too, providing San Pedro with two touchdowns.
Dymally's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 0-4. As for San Pedro, their win was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Dymally came up short against San Pedro in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 34-28. Can Dymally avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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