Football Preview: Yreka Miners vs. Shasta Wolves
After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Yreka is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the Shasta Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Yreka is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Colusa: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Yreka's way against Colusa on Friday as Yreka made off with a 38-18 win.
Trevan Crane went supernova for Yreka, rushing for 114 yards and four touchdowns on only 13 carries. Crane's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his third straight game with at least 102 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Shasta posted their biggest victory since September 22, 2023 on Friday. They put the hurt on Eureka with a sharp 35-12 win. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 321st, while the Loggers are ranked 681st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shasta had a senior duo take command as Justin Polley threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns on only 18 passes and Owen Boesiger picked up 175 receiving yards and two touchdowns. With that strong performance, Boesiger is now averaging an impressive 122 receiving yards per game.
Yreka's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Shasta, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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