Football Preview: Wasco Tigers vs. Kennedy Thunderbirds
Wasco has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will host the Kennedy Thunderbirds at 7:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
Wasco is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 57-7 victory over Chavez. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Hammie Lopez continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 306 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 19.1 yards per carry. His longest rush was for an incredible 88 yards. Aiden Hulsey was another key rusher, rushing for 127 yards and a touchdown on only 12 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Wasco was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 556 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Wasco didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Miguel Gomez, Zabdiel Gomez, and Lopez picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Kennedy's offense rose to the challenge against a Tigers defense that boasted an average of only 12.33 points allowed on Friday. Kennedy claimed a resounding 41-13 victory over Delano at home. The win was nothing new for the Thunderbirds as they're now sitting on three straight.
The victory got Wasco back to even at 3-3. As for Kennedy, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Wasco was dealt a bruising 42-0 loss at the hands of Kennedy in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kennedy's Jace Demacabalin, who rushed for 65 yards and three touchdowns on only five carries. Now that Wasco knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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