The Lakewood Lancers will square off against the Edison Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Edison took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Lakewood, who comes in off a win.
Lakewood will head into Thursday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won by three when they last took the field, which might have inspired the 42-point they dealt St. Anthony on Thursday. Lakewood blew past St. Anthony, posting a 45-3 win on the road. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 48th, while the Saints are ranked 410th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kade Casillas had an outrageously good game as he threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 15.6 yards per attempt, and also rushed for 85 yards and a touchdown. He got the majority of those yards when he took off on a run and that went for an incredible55 yards. Another player making a difference was Nytrell Miller, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Lakewood was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 601 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Edison was just a hair shy of victory on Friday and fell 22-21 to Yorba Linda. That's two games in a row now that the Chargers have lost by just one point.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Julius Gillick, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 31 receiving yards. Savelio Niumata was another key player, throwing for 171 yards and two touchdowns.
Lakewood's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Edison, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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