Football Preview: Montgomery Vikings vs. Petaluma Trojans
The Montgomery Vikings will challenge the Petaluma Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Petaluma took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Montgomery, who comes in off a win.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Montgomery finally turned things around against Santa Rosa on Friday. They slipped by the Panthers 19-18.
Quentin Perez was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Those 147 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Thor Boswell, who threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Petaluma's game on Saturday was all tied up 30-30 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They came up short against Casa Grande, falling 61-36. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (32), the Trojans still had to take the loss.
Even though they lost, Petaluma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Petaluma's defeat was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Montgomery, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-6.
Montgomery was able to grind out a solid victory over Petaluma when the teams last played back in August, winning 18-7. Does Montgomery have another victory up their sleeve, or will Petaluma turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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