Football Preview: Granite Bay Grizzlies vs. Folsom Bulldogs
Granite Bay is 3-0 against Folsom since September of 2023, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Granite Bay Grizzlies will head out on the road to square off against the Folsom Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Granite Bay has three straight wins, Folsom has 12 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Granite Bay can't be too worried about heading out to take on Folsom: they just beat Rocklin at home, who had been dominant on their own field up to that point. Granite Bay came out on top against Rocklin by a score of 25-12 on Thursday.
Lillian McDaniel had a dynamite game for Granite Bay, throwing for 203 yards and four touchdowns while completing 74.2% of her passes, and also rushing for 88 yards on only nine carries. 86 of those passing yards were hauled in by Anna Craven.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Granite Bay's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Jadyn Perez.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Folsom's offense. They were dealt a 31-0 defeat at the hands of Whitney on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 527th, while the Wildcats are ranked 245th).
Granite Bay's victory bumped their record up to 9-6. As for Folsom, their loss dropped their record down to 1-18.
Granite Bay took their win against Folsom in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 27-6. The rematch might be a little tougher for Granite Bay since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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