Poly is 1-6 against Ramona since September of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Poly Bears are taking a road trip to face off against the Ramona Rams at 7:00 p.m.
Poly is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest loss since September 22, 2023 on Friday. They fell just short of King by a score of 21-18. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 356th, while the Wolves are ranked 136th).
Meanwhile, Ramona put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They won a match that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Rancho Mirage 27-26.
Sincere Tolbert went supernova for Ramona, rushing for 264 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.2 yards per carry. Tolbert's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his eighth straight game with at least 136 rushing yards dating back to last season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kody Shinar, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Ramona was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 381 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
This is the second loss in a row for Poly and nudges their season record down to 1-2. As for Ramona, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Poly suffered a grim 38-17 defeat to Ramona in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Tolbert, who rushed for 171 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.0 yards per carry. Now that Poly knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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