Football Preview: Wheatland Pirates vs. Franklin Wildcats
The Wheatland Pirates will stay at home for another week and welcome the Franklin Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
Wheatland is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Colfax on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Wheatland had to suffer through a 40-13 loss at the hands of Colfax. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 368th, while the Falcons are ranked 98th).
Although Wheatland took the loss, they still got scores from Addyson Rosso and Ashtynne Agarenzo.
Meanwhile, Franklin beat Cosumnes Oaks 19-6 on Tuesday.
Aletha Singleton was a one-man wrecking crew for Franklin as she rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 75 receiving yards. That's the most rushing yards Singleton has posted since back in September. Kalani Phearson was another key player, throwing for 235 yards and three touchdowns.
Franklin didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Singleton and Taliyah Bell.
Wheatland's defeat dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Franklin, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season.
Wheatland came up short against Franklin in their previous meeting back in September, falling 18-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Phearson, who threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Wheatland knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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