Football Preview: Tracy Bulldogs vs. Pleasant Valley Vikings
The Tracy Bulldogs will take on the Pleasant Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tracy's defense has only allowed 17.8 points per game this season, so Pleasant Valley's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Tracy's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Liberty offense got past them. Tracy fell 34-21 to Liberty on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 271st, while the Lions are ranked 82nd).
Despite the loss, Tracy got top-tier performance from Elijah Gutierrez, who rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Gutierrez a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Tracy was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Tracy wouldn't let Liberty keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. It was truly a group effort as Lucky Tupouata, Derek Bogetti, and Gutierrez picked up one apiece. Tupouata is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Pleasant Valley came up short against Spanish Springs on Friday, falling 42-20.
Tracy's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-2. As for Pleasant Valley, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
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