Vacaville has gone 9-1 against Wood recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Vacaville Bulldogs will look to defend their home field against the Wood Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Vacaville has three straight victories, Wood has six straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Vacaville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by River City to the tune of 45-14 on Friday. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Raiders are ranked 521st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Vacaville's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Brendan Jackson, who threw for 214 yards and three touchdowns on perfect 12-for-12 passing, and Tanner Boyd, who rushed for 66 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries. Boyd's longest rush was for an impressive 57 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.
Vacaville wouldn't let River City keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Vacaville can thank Brandon Morton and Cooper Donahoo for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Wood fought the good fight in their overtime match against Vanden on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They took a 36-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Vikings.
Vacaville has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for Wood, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8.
Everything came up roses for Vacaville against Wood in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 40-13 win. In that matchup, Vacaville amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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