Football Preview: Woodland Christian Cardinals vs. Lindhurst Blazers
The Woodland Christian Cardinals will host the Lindhurst Blazers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Woodland Christian will be looking to keep their seven-game home win streak dating back to last season alive.
Woodland Christian's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 win over Vacaville Christian. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 191st, while the Falcons are ranked 1008th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lindhurst beat Golden Sierra 31-19 on Friday.
Andrew Redfield had a dynamite game for Lindhurst, rushing for 159 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Redfield a new career-high in rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was Lindhurst's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Keith Scroggins and David Lopez Gonzalez, who racked up all seven sacks between them. Scroggins also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Lindhurst was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 343 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Woodland Christian's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Lindhurst, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
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