Football Preview: Rogue River Chieftains vs. Tulelake Honkers
The Rogue River Chieftains's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Tulelake Honkers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 52-6, which was the final score in Rogue River's tilt against Culver on Friday.
Meanwhile, Tulelake faced Branson in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Tulelake fell to Branson 36-30. The Honkers gained 107 more yards on the day, but it was the Bulls that made the best use of them.
The loss doesn't tell the whole story though, as several players had good games. One of the most active was Xavier Silva, who rushed for 129 yards and three touchdowns on only 14 carries, and also threw for 146 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Danny Garcia was Silva's top target, rushing for 145 yards while picking up 8.1 yards per carry, and also picking up 47 receiving yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Tulelake was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 289 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 200 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Tulelake wouldn't let Branson keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. Silva was the leader in that area as all came courtesy of his dominant performance.
Rogue River now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Tulelake, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 2-1.
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