The Portola Bulldogs are on the road again on Friday to play the Santa Paula Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Portola is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They walked away with a 31-20 win over Don Lugo.
Nash Luper looked great while leading his team to the win, throwing for 100 yards and four touchdowns. Portola also got a significant boost from Diego Reyna, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 95 yards.
Portola didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Malachi Moore and Joshua Whang.
Meanwhile, Santa Paula had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by the Celts 35-34.
Allen Macias continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 301 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 7.7 yards per carry, and also picking up 41 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Izayah Mata, who rushed for 120 yards on only nine carries.
Santa Paula was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 450 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in 21 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Portola is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-6 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 14.8 points per game. As for Santa Paula, their record is now 7-4.
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