Football Preview: American Canyon Wolves vs. Napa Grizzlies
American Canyon has gone 6-0 against Napa recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The American Canyon Wolves will host the Napa Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (American Canyon has seven straight victories, Napa has 13 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Last Friday, everything went American Canyon's way against Petaluma as American Canyon made off with a 41-21 win. Considering the Wolves have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Andre Lopez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 139 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 101 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, American Canyon was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 326 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 192 rushing yards in 14 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Napa just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were dealt a 55-21 defeat at the hands of Redwood. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 881st, while the Giants are ranked 401st).
American Canyon's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Napa, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for American Canyon against Napa in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 62-21 victory. In that match, American Canyon amassed a halftime lead of 49-6, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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