The Gahr Gladiators will head out on the road to face off against the Compton Early College Rising Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gahr will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Last Friday, Gahr came up short against Norwalk and fell 43-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Gladiators still had to take the loss.
Gahr's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Roman Acosta, who threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns, and Dylan Richburg, who gained 145 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Richburg a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Compton Early College was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight defeat. They were dealt a 49-7 loss at the hands of Paramount. While losing is never fun, the Rising Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 977th, while the Pirates are ranked 459th).
Gahr now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Compton Early College, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
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