Football Preview: Ripon Indians vs. Escalon Cougars
The Ripon Indians have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Escalon Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Ripon will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Having struggled with ten defeats in a row, Ripon finally turned things around against Hilmar on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Yellowjackets by a score of 25-18. The Indians' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, after a string of five wins, Escalon's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They took a 28-20 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hughson. While the Cougars didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Huskies 14-8 in the first quarter.
Despite the loss, Escalon saw an underclassman step up: Arianna Velasco threw for 156 yards and two touchdowns while completing 77.8% of her passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground.
Ripon's victory ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-14. As for Escalon, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-10.
Ripon was dealt a bruising 38-6 loss at the hands of Escalon in their previous meeting on October 7th. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ripon was down 38-6.
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