Football Recap: Sonoma Valley's Win on Saturday Extends Winning Streak to Seven

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sonoma Valley). They blew past the Archie Williams Peregrine Falcons 57-21 on Saturday. Considering the Dragons have won four games by more than 33 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.

It was another big night for Cayden Waldrop, who rushed for 281 yards and five scores while picking up 12.2 yards per carry. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. Dalan Lopata was another key player, having thrown for 256 yards and three touchdowns.

They were just one part of a punishing run game: Sonoma Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.

Another reason for the win was Sonoma Valley's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. In that department, Luis Botello was the leader with two. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one sack the last four times he's played.

Dragons

Previous Games

10/25/25 @ Archie Williams	57-21
10/18/25 @ Novato	49-12
10/03/25 vs San Rafael	40-21
09/26/25 @ Piner	48-0
09/19/25 @ Santa Rosa	41-34
+ 2 more games

The victory was the seventh in a row for Sonoma Valley, bringing their record up to 7-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 43.3 points over those games. As for Archie Williams, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.

Sonoma Valley has already played their next contest, a 53-7 victory against Terra Linda on the 30th. As for Archie Williams, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 54-6 win against Healdsburg on the 31st.