Football Preview: Wasco Tigers vs. McLane Highlanders
The Wasco Tigers will square off against the McLane Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Wasco will head into Friday's game out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Friday. They came up short against Shafter, falling 35-14. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 457th, while the Generals are ranked 219th).
Meanwhile, McLane entered their tilt with Hoover on Friday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. They breezed by the Patriots to the tune of 58-13. The Highlanders might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight contests by 27 points or more this season.
Noah Zamora continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 380 yards and six touchdowns while picking up 14.6 yards per attempt, and also rushing for 37 yards and a touchdown. Another player making a difference was Demetrius Simon, who picked up 142 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to McLane's defense and their three sacks. Leading the way was Juan Raygoza with two. He has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last four times he's played.
Wasco's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for McLane, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
Everything came up roses for Wasco against McLane in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, as the team secured a 46-18 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Wasco since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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