The Central Valley Christian Cavaliers will challenge the San Luis Obispo Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Central Valley Christian comes in on four and San Luis Obispo on eight.
Central Valley Christian is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 56-21 victory over Reedley. The Cavaliers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 21 points or more this season.
It was another big night for Micah Paden, who rushed for 130 yards and four touchdowns. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more rushing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathan Peters, who threw for 154 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 passes.
Central Valley Christian wouldn't let Reedley keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Central Valley Christian can thank Teague Brandenburg and Caden Ritchie for forcing both of them. Ritchie also snagged an interception, which is notable because Central Valley Christian is undefeated when he posts at least one interception, but 3-4 otherwise.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but San Luis Obispo had no problem doing just that on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 26-8 win over the Scots. The Tigers pushed the score to 23-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Scots cut but never quite recovered from.
Jace Gomes was his usual excellent self, rushing for 79 yards and a touchdown, while also throwing for 94 yards and a touchdown.
Central Valley Christian has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 12.2 points per game. As for San Luis Obispo, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1.
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