The Great Oak Wolfpack will be defending their home-field for the first time for the first time when they go up against the Rancho Verde Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Great Oak is headed into their home opener looking to turn things around after opening their season on the road. They lost 38-14 to Vista Murrieta on Friday. The Wolfpack have struggled against the Broncos recently, as their contest on Friday was their seventh consecutive lost matchup.
Although Great Oak took the loss, they still got scores from Mikey Vazquez and Cris Scott.
Meanwhile, Rancho Verde couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They came up short against Corona del Mar on Friday, falling 21-0. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Sea Kings are ranked 49th).
Great Oak came up short against Rancho Verde in their previous meeting back in September of 2015, falling 37-27. Thankfully for Great Oak, Jamal Scott (who rushed for 272 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.8 yards per carry, and also picked up 43 receiving yards) 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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