The Inglewood Sentinels will face off against the Palos Verdes Sea Kings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Inglewood's favor as the squad sits on eight straight wins at home (dating back to last season) while Palos Verdes has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.
Last Friday, everything went Inglewood's way against Mira Costa as Inglewood made off with a 27-7 victory. Considering the Sentinels have won six matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Kingston Tisdell was his usual excellent self, throwing for 252 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 11.0 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 51 yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Victor Santino was another key player, rushing for 127 yards.
Inglewood's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB five times. In that department, Williams Wright was the leader with two sacks. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 5.2 total tackles per game. Inglewood got some further help from Venilaite Wolfgramm Iii: he made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Palos Verdes). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Lawndale 34-0 at home. Given the Sea Kings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Cardinals are ranked 567th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Palos Verdes found their leader in underclassman Ryan Rakowski, who threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 30 yards and two touchdowns. Those 304 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Rakowski. Another player making a difference was Evan Aguirre, who picked up 128 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Inglewood's win bumped their record up to 8-0. As for Palos Verdes, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Everything came up roses for Inglewood against Palos Verdes in their previous matchup back in September of 2021, as the team secured a 44-7 win. Does Inglewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Palos Verdes turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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