The Los Alamitos Griffins will be playing at home against the Leuzinger Olympians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Los Alamitos is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Mission Viejo, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Los Alamitos was ranked 24th). Los Alamitos came up short against Mission Viejo on Friday, falling 40-14.
Meanwhile, Leuzinger waltzed into their contest on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Cardinals, posting a 56-0 win. Considering the Olympians have won five games by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Leuzinger found their leader in freshman Russell Sekona, who threw for 174 yards and five touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes, and also rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown. Those five passing touchdowns set a new season-high mark for Sekona. Another player making a difference was Kelton Strickland, who gained 69 total yards and three touchdowns.
Leuzinger was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 218 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 186 rushing yards in six consecutive matches.
Leuzinger didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Pakipole Moala.
Leuzinger's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Los Alamitos, they dropped their record down to 5-5 with the defeat, which was their third straight on the road.
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