The San Diego Cavers will venture away from home to square off against the La Jolla Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. San Diego's defense has only allowed 9.4 points per game this season, so La Jolla's offense will have their work cut out for them.
San Diego will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up 13 points last Friday, then bounced right back against St. Augustine on Friday. The Cavers blew past the Saints 31-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Cavers just coasted through the last quarter.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to San Diego's defense and their four sacks. Esteban Herrera was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up three himself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 41 points the game before, La Jolla was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They were dealt a 54-3 defeat at the hands of Lincoln. The loss continues a trend for the Vikings in their meetings with the Hornets: they've now lost four in a row.
La Jolla didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nicolas Bardaro and Lukas Grismer. Grismer has been hot recently, having also posted at least one defended passe the last three times he's played.
La Jolla's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for San Diego, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
San Diego lost to La Jolla on the road by a decisive 36-17 margin when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Thankfully for the Cavers, Jackson Diehl (who threw for 226 yards and five TDs, and also rushed for 36 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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