The Piner Prospectors will face off against the San Rafael Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Piner is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Healdsburg, posting a 56-21 victory at home. With that win, the Prospectors brought their scoring average up to 29.3 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Piner to victory, but perhaps none more so than Apollo Pereira, who rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown on only six carries, and also picked up 49 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Pereira a new career-high in rushing yards. Jaden Hernandez was another key receiver, picking up 81 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Piner's defense and their six sacks. In that department, Carson Kennedy was the leader with four.
Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last contest, San Rafael made sure to put some points up on the board against Archie Williams on Thursday. San Rafael claimed a resounding 41-12 victory over Archie Williams at home. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 34-6.
San Rafael got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Lachlan Royston out in front who threw for 218 yards and four touchdowns while completing 81.3% of his passes. The team also got some help courtesy of Harper Corso, who picked up 90 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Piner pushed their record up to 4-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. As for San Rafael, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-2.
Piner came up short against San Rafael in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 7-0. Thankfully for Piner, Bodhi Shipley (who rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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