After flying high against Pioneer last Saturday, Sacramento came back down to earth. The Sacramento Dragons fell just short of the Rodriguez Mustangs by a score of 15-13 on Friday. The Dragons' loss signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Sacramento lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cordell Radcliffe, who rushed for 151 yards on only 12 carries. Another passer making a difference was Le'Ron James Radcliffe, who threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns.
The critical scores for Rodriguez came from Kai Albano and Mancianno Syess. Dylan Burke was another key player, rushing for 76 yards on only six carries.
Having lost for the first time this season, Sacramento fell to 5-1. As for Rodriguez, the win for them keeps them at an undefeated 7-0.
Sacramento will look to defend their home field on Saturday against Vanden at 1:00 p.m. Sacramento's defense has only allowed 11.7 points per game this season, so Vanden's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Rodriguez, they will head out to take on River City at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Rodriguez is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.3 points per game this season.
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