The Newark Memorial Cougars football team (Newark, CA), was beaten 41-16 in Friday's non-league challenge with the visiting Dougherty Valley Wildcats (San Ramon, CA)

The Wildcats (2-0) will now prepare for their challenge against Washington (Fremont, CA). The Huskies come into the non-league challenge with a 2-0 record. In their last challenge, Washington achieved victory over Kennedy (Fremont, CA), 41-24, in a non-league challenge.

The Cougars now sport a 0-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Dublin for a non-league challenge on Friday, September 9. Newark Memorial will meet a Gaels team coming off a 20-0 non-league win over Castro Valley (Castro Valley, CA). The Gaels record now stands at 1-1.