The Oceanside Mariners will venture away from home to take on the Hermon Hawks on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
If Oceanside beats Hermon with 40 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Oceanside walked away with a 40-30 win over Hampden on Friday. That's two games straight that the Mariners have won by exactly ten points.
Zeb Foster was his usual excellent self, rushing for 231 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Oceanside also got a significant boost from Robert Blair, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 208 yards.
Meanwhile, Hermon had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the River Hawks 39-6. The result was nothing new for the Hawks, who have now won three matchups by 25 points or more so far this season.
Hermon has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.7 points per game. As for Oceanside, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-4.
Oceanside might still be hurting after the 31-6 loss they got from Hermon in their previous meeting back in October. Can Oceanside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
