The Northview Vikings have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Village Christian Crusaders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. One thing working in Northview's favor is that they have posted at least 31 points every time they've taken the field this season.
Northview is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Covina 49-21 at home last Friday. Fans of the Vikings have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Keanu Tauvao continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 255 yards while picking up 11.6 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 84-yard run.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Northview's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Isaiah Lucero and Robert Lucero.
Meanwhile, Village Christian was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 42-20 to Paraclete. While losing is never fun, the Crusaders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 417th, while the Spirits are ranked 195th).
Village Christian's loss came about despite a quality game from Everson Mathis, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 107 yards and two touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes.
Northview's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Village Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
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