Football Recap: Kelton Forbus and Sam Whelan Secure Win for Soquel + How To Watch

Soquel's game on Friday was all tied up 7-7 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 21-14 victory over the San Ramon Valley Wolves. For the Knights, this counts as revenge for the 14-7 win the Wolves walked away with the last time they faced one another back in September of 2024.

Sam Whelan

Rushing Yards (Career)

09/05/25 vs San Ramon Valley	63
09/13/24 vs Valley Christian	62
10/25/24 @ Monterey	55
08/29/25 @ Los Gatos	47
11/01/24 @ Salinas	21

Leading Soquel to victory were Sam Whelan and Kelton Forbus. Whelan threw for 215 yards and one TD while completing 73.7% of his passes, while Forbus gained 116 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Whelan a new career-high in rushing yards (63).

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Soquel proved: they limited San Ramon Valley to a paltry 2.8 yards per carry. The team can thank Adrian Lopez-Kais for the heroic effort on defense: he. Soquel didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged six.

Soquel didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Wyatt Nichols, Jake Escalante, and Jordan Ramirez picked up one apiece.

Soquel pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.0 points on average over those games. As for San Ramon Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-1.

Soquel has already played their next game, a 49-0 victory against Carmel on the 13th. As for San Ramon Valley, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next contest, a 41-27 win against Clayton Valley Charter on the 12th.