The Saugus Centurions will take on the Simi Valley Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Saugus is out to stop a six-game streak of losses at home dating back to last season.
Last Friday, Saugus had to suffer through a 56-24 loss at the hands of Camarillo. The Centurions were down 49-17 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, Simi Valley put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They took their contest on the road with ease, bagging a 62-10 victory over Royal. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Highlanders are ranked 558th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brice Hawkins had a dynamite game for Simi Valley, rushing for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. Hawkins' longest rush was for an impressive 59 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Tagg Harrison, who rushed for 25 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Simi Valley was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 471 total yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Royal only gained 107.
Saugus now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Simi Valley, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Saugus was taken down by Simi Valley 56-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Hawkins, who rushed for 105 yards and four touchdowns on only nine carries, and also picked up 44 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Saugus 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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