Football Preview: Durham Trojans vs. Paradise Bobcats
The Durham Trojans will head out to take on the Paradise Bobcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Durham and Winters met for a duel on Friday where Durham couldn't get it done. Durham lost 34-9 to Winters. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 794th, while the Warriors are ranked 348th).
Durham's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Jack Stephens, who picked up 99 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Perry Phillips, who threw for 158 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Paradise's offense. They were outmatched by Gridley at home and fell 41-0. That makes it the first time this season the Bobcats have let down their home crowd.
This is the second loss in a row for Durham and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Paradise, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Durham took a serious blow against Paradise in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 43-0. Can Durham avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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