Football Recap: San Ramon Valley Wolves vs. California Grizzlies
The matchup between San Ramon Valley and California on Friday hardly resembled the 14-0 effort from their previous meeting. The San Ramon Valley Wolves walked away with a 38-26 win over the California Grizzlies. The victory was just business as usual for the Wolves, who after seven games remain undefeated this season.
Rhett Thompson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 163 yards and three touchdowns. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, San Ramon Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
San Ramon Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Tyler Petersen, Henry Ellis, and Dylan Deitsch picked up one apiece. San Ramon Valley got some further help from Marco Jones: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles (2.0 for loss).
California's loss came despite strong showings from Jhadis Luckey and Nic Fox. Luckey rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry, while Fox picked up 137 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Fox showed off some serious burst, connecting on a big catch for 69 yards.
San Ramon Valley's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for California, the defeat snapped their winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 6-1 record.
San Ramon Valley will venture away from home to take on De La Salle at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (San Ramon Valley: 11.1, De La Salle: 14.8) so any points scored will be well earned. As for California, they will welcome Monte Vista at 7:15 p.m. on Friday. California is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37 points per game this season.
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