On Thursday South Gate will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will challenge the Garfield Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, South Gate didn't have quite enough to beat Bell and fell 42-40.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Garfield). They took down South East 48-30 on Friday. The win was familiar territory for the Bulldogs who have now won three matchups in a row.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Ceasar Reyes and Edward Rivera. Reyes had a great game and rushed for 260 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 16.3 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Rivera was balling out in the loss, rushing for 250 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.4 yards per carry, and also catching a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Garfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 327 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 184 rushing yards in three consecutive contests.
South Gate's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Garfield, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
South Gate took a serious blow against Garfield when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 70-14. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Gate was down 42-8.
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