Football Preview: Rancho Cotate Cougars vs. Marin Catholic Wildcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars faces off against the Marin Catholic Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Rancho Cotate is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.4 points per game this season.
Rancho Cotate is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Cardinal Newman on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rancho Cotate had to suffer through a 38-8 loss at the hands of Cardinal Newman. The contest marked the Cougars' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Marin Catholic waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Crushers onto the board and left with a 20-0 win. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Crushers are ranked 274th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rancho Cotate's loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 4-3. As for Marin Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 5-2.
Rancho Cotate came up short against Marin Catholic in their previous meeting back in November of 2018, falling 7-2. Can Rancho Cotate avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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