Football Preview: McFarland Cougars vs. Yosemite Badgers
The McFarland Cougars will challenge the Yosemite Badgers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. McFarland will be strutting in after a win while Yosemite will be coming in after a defeat.
Having struggled with four losses in a row, McFarland finally turned things around against Parlier on Friday. They walked away with a 37-24 victory over the Panthers. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Cougars considering their six-point performance the match before.
Sebastian San Juan Concha was his usual excellent self, rushing for 188 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.4 yards per carry. McFarland is 3-1 when San Juan Concha posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Jorge Hernandez-Galvan, who rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: McFarland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 339 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 41 points the game before, Yosemite was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They took a blow against Riverdale, falling 43-12. The contest marked the Badgers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
McFarland pushed their record up to 3-4 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Yosemite, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-3.
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