Football Game Preview: Ukiah Wildcats vs. Carlmont Scots

By Team Reports Oct 1, 2024, 1:01am

Football Preview: Ukiah Wildcats vs. Carlmont Scots

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The Ukiah Wildcats will head out on the road to square off against the Carlmont Scots at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Ukiah focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.

Last Friday, Ukiah didn't have quite enough to beat San Marin and fell 38-35. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Mustangs are ranked 109th).

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Carlmont beat South San Francisco 26-21 last Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Scots.

Carlmont's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Sean Chopoff led the charge by picking up 102 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Chopoff's longest reception was for an incredible 75 yards. Carlmont also got a significant boost from Kaisei Trotter, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 89 yards.

Ukiah's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Carlmont, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.

We should be in store for an exciting game as the two teams have no problem gaining yardage. Ukiah has been on an offensive roll this season, having averaged 405.3 total yards per game. However, it's not like Carlmont struggles in that department as they've been averaging 394.5. With a pair of commanding offenses duking it out, the defenses are going to have their work cut out for them. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other football content.

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