The Villa Park Spartans will square off against the Newport Harbor Sailors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Newport Harbor is facing Villa Park at the wrong time: Villa Park suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They were beaten by the Stallions 42-10. The contest marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Even though they lost, Villa Park was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Meanwhile, a victory for Newport Harbor just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Yorba Linda, falling 42-17. While losing is never fun, the Sailors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 127th, while the Mustangs are ranked 27th).
Although Newport Harbor took the loss, they still got scores from Glenn Baranoski and Sammy Stremick.
Villa Park's defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 6-3. As for Newport Harbor, they dropped their record down to 3-6 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Friday's matchup might be decided in the trenches. Villa Park has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 162 rushing yards per game. It's a different story for Newport Harbor, though, as they've been averaging only 63.7. How will they fare against such a dominant running game? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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