Wood hasn't had much luck against Vacaville recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Wood Wildcats will challenge the Vacaville Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m.
Wood is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They took a 36-30 hit to the loss column at the hands of Vanden. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 513th, while the Vikings are ranked 195th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Vacaville). They blew past River City 45-14 on Friday. The victory was familiar territory for the Bulldogs who have now won three matchups in a row.
Vacaville relied on 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. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 57 yards.
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.
Wood's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Vacaville, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
Wood was dealt a bruising 40-13 defeat at the hands of Vacaville in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Wood, Brody Fortunati (who threw for 232 yards and two touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground) 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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