Football Preview: Oakmont Vikings vs. Sutter Huskies
The Oakmont Vikings will venture away from home to challenge the Sutter Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Oakmont is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They breezed by Dixon to the tune of 42-13. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Vikings considering their nine-point performance the contest before.
It was another big night for Quin Duran, who rushed for 268 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Another back making a difference was Suleiman Hassan-Olajoku, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on only five carries.
Oakmont was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 393 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Oakmont didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Seth Starkey and Elijah Hunt. Another thorn in Dixon's side was Mac Hughes, who picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 13 total tackles.
Meanwhile, Sutter waltzed into their matchup two weeks ago with five straight wins... but they left with six. Everything went their way against the Rams as they made off with a 42-21 victory. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by 21 points or more this season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Dominic Souza and Marcus Meras. Souza rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries while Meras gained 173 total yards and three touchdowns. Souza's longest rush was for an incredible 77 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Braden Scritchfield, who rushed for 59 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Sutter's defense and their three sacks. Troy Bowens was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up 2.5 himself. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last five games he's played.
Oakmont is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 13.3 points per game. As for Sutter, they pushed their record up to 9-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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