The Atwater Falcons will challenge the Vacaville Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Atwater will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Los Banos on Friday. Atwater blew past Los Banos 50-26. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Falcons had established a 23 point advantage.
Jeremiah Delarosa was his usual excellent self, rushing for 142 yards and a touchdown on only six carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 104 rushing yards. Ali Banks Jr was another key player, throwing for 131 yards and a touchdown while completing 85.7% of his passes.
Atwater was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 420 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 177 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
Meanwhile, Vacaville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They breezed by the Wildcats to the tune of 35-7. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 128th, while the Wildcats are ranked 488th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Brendan Jackson was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 241 yards and four touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Another player making a difference was Jake Williams, who picked up 79 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Vacaville is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 30.7 points per game. As for Atwater, their record is now 8-2.
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