Football Preview: California Grizzlies vs. San Ramon Valley Wolves
The California Grizzlies will head out on the road to take on the San Ramon Valley Wolves at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
California is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They managed a 54-48 victory over Amador Valley on Friday.
Jhadis Luckey was his usual excellent self, rushing for 425 yards and seven touchdowns while picking up 12.1 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 70 yards.
California was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 445 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for San Ramon Valley against Monte Vista on Friday as the team secured a 38-7 win. Given the Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Mustangs are ranked 186th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Rhett Thompson, who threw for 314 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to San Ramon Valley's defense and their six sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Marco Jones and Kaleb Pleis, who racked up 5.5 sacks between them. Pleis is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as he's now defended at least one in the last three games he's played.
The victory made it two in a row for San Ramon Valley and bumps their season record up to 9-1. As for California, their record is now 8-2.
California came up short against San Ramon Valley when the teams last played back in October, falling 38-26. Can California avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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