If Las Plumas was riding high fresh off their 48-20 takedown of Central Valley last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Las Plumas Thunderbirds were beaten by the Shasta Wolves 35-6 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Thunderbirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 574th, while the Wolves are ranked 239th).
Even though they lost, Las Plumas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in nine consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Justin Polley was his usual excellent self, throwing for 226 yards and a touchdown while completing 76.5% of his passes, and also rushing for 58 yards and a touchdown on only six carries for Shasta. 88 of those passing yards were hauled in by Owen Boesiger.
Having lost for the first time this season, Las Plumas fell to 3-1. As for Shasta, the victory for them keeps them at an undefeated 5-0.
Las Plumas will square off against Lassen at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Shasta, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Foothill at 7:00 p.m. on October 11th.
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