Two dominant backs in Dredon Fowles and Xavier Grant are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. After each having a week off, the Birmingham Patriots and the Gardena Panthers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Birmingham has five straight victories, Gardena has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
If Birmingham beats Gardena with 52 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Birmingham took their contest last Friday with ease, bagging a 52-0 win over Granada Hills Charter. Considering the Patriots have won five matchups by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Fowles continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 145 yards and three touchdowns on only 15 carries, while also picking up 51 receiving yards. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 103.5 rushing yards per game. Kevin Hawkins was another key player, rushing for 59 yards and a touchdown.
Birmingham was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 328 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 229 rushing yards in five consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Gardena lost to San Pedro on the road by a 17-3 margin last Friday.
Birmingham's victory was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-4. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 51.5 points. As for Gardena, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
