Football Preview: Oak Ridge Trojans vs. McClatchy Lions
Oak Ridge has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the McClatchy Lions at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Oak Ridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Pleasant Grove as Oak Ridge made off with a 34-8 victory. Oak Ridge's win was all the more impressive since the Eagles were averaging only 13.58 points allowed on the season.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Oak Ridge's defense and their three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Annalise Pengel.
Meanwhile, McClatchy had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 32 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 34-6 victory over the Wolfpack. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oak Ridge has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. As for McClatchy, their win bumped their record up to 27-1.
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