On Friday Leuzinger will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Palos Verdes Sea Kings at 3:00 p.m. Leuzinger is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 44 points per game this season.
Leuzinger's upcoming matchup probably won't be as stressful as their last, when they took on another nationally ranked opponent: Inglewood, who was ranked 60th at the time (Leuzinger was ranked 66th). Leuzinger took a 34-29 hit to the loss column at the hands of Inglewood. The Olympians haven't had much luck with the Sentinels recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Despite the loss, Leuzinger got top-tier performance from Journee Tonga, who rushed for 162 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.0 yards per carry, and also picked up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Tonga's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his sixth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season. Russell Sekona was another key player, throwing for 159 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Palos Verdes was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Culver City by a score of 21-18.
Having lost for the first time this season, Leuzinger fell to 5-1. As for Palos Verdes, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
Leuzinger was taken down by Palos Verdes 42-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2019. Thankfully for Leuzinger, Michael Nagy (who rushed for nine yards and three touchdowns) 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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