Football Preview: Roosevelt Rough Riders vs. Sunnyside Wildcats
The Roosevelt Rough Riders will venture away from home to square off against the Sunnyside Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Roosevelt comes in on three and Sunnyside on five.
Last Friday, Roosevelt took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 48-10 victory over Torres. The Rough Riders pushed the score to 48-3 by the end of the third, a deficit the Toros cut but never quite recovered from.
Ehis Idoni was his usual excellent self, rushing for 185 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. He really tore up the turf during one magnificent 99-yard run. Dominick Gonzalez was another key player, rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries.
Sunnyside played against Madera South and won via forfeit.
Roosevelt's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Sunnyside, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Roosevelt was dealt a bruising 65-30 defeat at the hands of Sunnyside when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sunnyside's Donta Hart, who rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Roosevelt knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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