The Manteca Buffaloes will challenge the Rodriguez Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Manteca sitting on seven straight victories and Rodriguez on 11.
Last Friday, Manteca earned a 36-24 win over Oakdale. That's two games straight that the Buffaloes have won by exactly 12 points.
Meanwhile, Rodriguez had already proven themselves in the regular season and they didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They skirted past Chavez 30-28. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 139th, while the Titans are ranked 426th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
The critical scores for Rodriguez came from Jermaine Missouri, Malachi Wroten, Jordan Woods, and Keylen Highbaugh.
Rodriguez was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 162 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Rodriguez pushed their record up to 11-0 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 37.8 points per game. As for Manteca, their win bumped their record up to 9-1.
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