After four games on the road, Mira Costa is heading back home. They will host the Culver City Centaurs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Mira Costa is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 49-7 win over Lawndale. The high-scoring effort was just what the Mustangs needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
Mira Costa found their leader in underclassman Aj Mcbean, who rushed for 140 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. With that strong performance, Mcbean is now averaging an impressive 106.2 rushing yards per game. Another player making a difference was Liam Meeker, who rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mira Costa was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 300 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Culver City had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 23.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Sea Kings 21-18. The 21-point effort marked the Centaurs' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Mira Costa's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Culver City, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
Mira Costa and Culver City were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but Mira Costa came up empty-handed after a 14-13 loss. Will Mira Costa have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.
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