The Arcadia Apaches will head out on the road to face off against the Crescenta Valley Falcons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither Arcadia nor Crescenta Valley posted many points in their last games could muster much offensive firepower in their last games.
Arcadia fell victim to Muir's stalwart defense on Thursday and couldn't make it onto the board. They had to suffer through a rough 37-0 loss at the hands of the Mustangs. While losing is never fun, Arcadia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 470th, while Muir is ranked 219th).
Meanwhile, Crescenta Valley was the victim of a tough 28-7 defeat at the hands of Burroughs on Friday.
This is the second loss in a row for Arcadia and nudges their season record down to 5-4. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 8-1 Burroughs (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 77.8% over those games). As for Crescenta Valley, their loss ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-3.
Arcadia and Crescenta Valley were almost perfectly matched up in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, but Arcadia suffered an agonizing 21-20 defeat. Can Arcadia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
