The Peninsula Panthers will head out on the road to take on the Santa Monica Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Peninsula is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Peninsula came up short against Redondo Union and fell 28-20. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 321st, while the Sea Hawks are ranked 79th).
Meanwhile, Santa Monica scored first but ultimately less than Torrance in their contest on Friday. They fell 24-14 to the Tartars. The Vikings have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Peninsula's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Santa Monica, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Peninsula came up short against Santa Monica when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 33-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Santa Monica's Wyatt Brown, who threw for 212 yards and two touchdowns while completing 81% of his passes, and also punched in a rushing score. Now that Peninsula 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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