Football Preview: Petaluma Trojans vs. Montgomery Vikings
The Petaluma Trojans will head out on the road to take on the Montgomery Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Petaluma is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.6 points per game this season.
Petaluma is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Casa Grande on Saturday. Petaluma lost 61-36 to Casa Grande. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (32), the Trojans still had to take the loss.
Even though they lost, Petaluma was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 274 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 203 rushing yards in 12 consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Montgomery came into Friday's match having lost five straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. In a tight game that could have gone either way, they made off with a 19-18 victory over Santa Rosa.
Quentin Perez was a one-man wrecking crew for Montgomery as he rushed for 147 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Those 147 rushing yards gave Perez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Thor Boswell, who threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns.
Montgomery's win bumped their record up to 4-6. As for Petaluma, their loss was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 4-6.
Petaluma came up short against Montgomery when the teams last played back in August, falling 18-7. Can Petaluma avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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