The Compton Early College Rising Phoenix will face off against the Gahr Gladiators at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Compton Early College will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Compton Early College is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Paramount on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Compton Early College took a blow against Paramount, falling 49-7. While losing is never fun, the Rising Phoenix can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 977th, while the Pirates are ranked 459th).
Meanwhile, Gahr came up short against Norwalk on Friday and fell 43-35. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (31), the Gladiators still had to take the loss.
Gahr's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Roman Acosta, who threw for 200 yards and two touchdowns, and Dylan Richburg, who gained 145 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Richburg a new career-high in rushing yards.
Compton Early College's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Gahr, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
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