Football Preview: Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks vs. American Canyon Wolves
Tamalpais has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will venture away from home to take on the American Canyon Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with five defeats in a row dating back to last season, Tamalpais finally turned things around against Justin-Siena on Saturday. They blew past the Braves, posting a 47-0 win at home. The Red Tailed Hawks' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Reed Edwards was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Timo Ural was Edwards' top target, picking up 120 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Tamalpais wouldn't let Justin-Siena keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Tamalpais can thank Ethan Koo and Jacob Butler for forcing both of them. Tamalpais got some further help from Alex Christopher: he made nine total tackles and defended a pass in addition to snagging an interception.
Meanwhile, American Canyon put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 63-16 victory over Hayward on the road. Fans of the Wolves have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
Andre Lopez and Webster Burks were among the main playmakers for American Canyon as the former rushed for 101 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries and the latter gained 80 total yards and two touchdowns. Burks got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 61 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, American Canyon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 349 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in 11 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Tamalpais' first win this season bumped their record up to 1-4. As for American Canyon, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
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