After each having a week off, the Marina Vikings and the Sunny Hills Lancers will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Marina has five straight victories, Sunny Hills has eight straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Sunny Hills heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Marina took over last week. Marina took down Esperanza 21-7 last Friday.
A big part of Marina's win came down to the chemistry between Garrett Hunnicutt and his top target Shane Cassidy. Hunnicutt rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries while Cassidy picked up 58 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Marina wouldn't let Esperanza keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Marina can thank Troy Atkins and Gunnar Mickelson for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Sunny Hills was beaten by San Dimas 44-10 last Friday. While losing is never fun, the Lancers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 730th, while the Saints are ranked 176th).
Marina pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Sunny Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Marina suffered a grim 27-7 defeat to Sunny Hills in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Marina avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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