Football Recap: Poly Extends Winning Streak to Four

Bears

Previous 4 Games

10/24/25 vs Valley View	28-10
10/17/25 @ Hillcrest	33-27
10/11/25 vs Rancho Christian	42-6
10/03/25 @ Hemet	50-0

Poly entered their tilt with Valley View on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They took down the Eagles 28-10. For the Bears, this counts as revenge for the 35-28 victory the Eagles walked away with the last time they faced one another back in October of 2024.

A big part of Poly's win came down to the chemistry between Marjok Gustafson and his top target Matt Henry. Gustafson threw for 178 yards and three touchdowns while Henry picked up 87 receiving yards and a pair of TDs. Gustafson's passing game has become a key predictor of Poly's success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 0-3 otherwise.

Poly didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Valley View to a completion percentage of just 50%. The Bears have been improving in that area: they had allowed a completion percentage of 0.62 earlier this season, but they've only allowed one of 0.62 in their last three games.

Poly's record is now 6-3. As for Valley View, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 5-4 record.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. Poly will square off against rival Arlington at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Valley View is set to challenge their familiar foe Hillcrest at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday.