After each having a week off, the South Pasadena Tigers and the Polytechnic Panthers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. South Pasadena's defense has only allowed 18 points per game this season, so Polytechnic's offense will have their work cut out for them.
South Pasadena is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Alhambra last Friday as South Pasadena made off with a 35-12 win. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Tigers considering their seven-point performance the match before.
Trey Freking had a dynamite game for South Pasadena, rushing for 67 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: South Pasadena was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Alhambra only rushed for 82.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 44-13, which was the final score in Polytechnic's tilt against Calvary Chapel last Saturday. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
South Pasadena now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Polytechnic, their loss dropped their record down to an identical 3-2.
South Pasadena took their victory against Polytechnic in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 51-28. Will South Pasadena repeat their success, or does Polytechnic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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