The St. Genevieve Valiants will venture away from home to square off against the Norwalk Lancers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. St. Genevieve is coming into the game hot, having won their last seven games.
St. Genevieve's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Thursday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 51-0 victory over Bosco Tech. The Valiants might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by 26 points or more this season.
The critical scores for St. Genevieve came from Luke Paoillo, Michael Wynn, Samar Varela, Ramario Rivas, Andy Carballo, Jaylin Burt, and Jayden Lepley.
One reason for the win was St. Genevieve's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Leonidas Vargas and Carballo, who racked up all five sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Norwalk's offense rose to the challenge against a Knights defense that boasted an average of only 11.8 points allowed last Thursday. Norwalk enjoyed a cozy 33-15 win over Lynwood. Given the Lancers' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 327th, while the Knights are ranked 656th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ezra Meuller and Diego Cerritos. Meuller rushed for 166 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry while Cerritos rushed for 90 yards and four touchdowns. Meuller is crushing it when it comes to rushing yards: he's rushed for at least 104 every time he's taken the field this season.
Norwalk was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 384 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five games they've averaged 310.5.
Norwalk has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 43.4 points per game. As for St. Genevieve, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
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