Football Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Montgomery Vikings
Rancho Cotate is 7-0 against Montgomery since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Rancho Cotate Cougars are taking a road trip to challenge the Montgomery Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Rancho Cotate's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Freedom on the road to the tune of 37-0. That looming 37-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cougars yet this season.
Wyatt Gregori looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 95 yards and a touchdown on only 13 carries, while also throwing for 125 yards on eight of 19 attempts.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Montgomery). They blew past Healdsburg 50-20 on the road on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Vikings.
Montgomery found their leader in underclassman Joe Laqere, who rushed for 130 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Quentin Perez, who rushed for 64 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Montgomery's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Alfonso Ortega was the leader with two. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Montgomery was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 267 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted was before the start of last season.
Rancho Cotate's record is now 3-1. As for Montgomery, their record now sits at 3-1.
Everything came up roses for Rancho Cotate against Montgomery in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 as the squad secured a 56-6 victory. In that match, Rancho Cotate amassed a halftime lead of 28-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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