Football Recap: River City Takes a Loss

River City extended their losing streak to three on Friday, dropping them down to 3-5. They had to suffer through a 48-14 loss at the hands of the Vanden Vikings. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 599th, while the Vikings are ranked 184th).

As for Vanden, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-2. The contest marked their most dominant win of the season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Vanden to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jamarkus Banks, who rushed for 90 yards and one TD, and also caught one touchdown. Those 90 rushing yards gave Banks a new career-high. Pherone Oates was another key player, rushing for 79 yards on only seven carries.

We've got plenty of inter-league action coming up soon. River City will square off against rival Vacaville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Vanden is set to take on their familiar foe Wood at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given these two teams combined for 876 yards in their previous games.