The Healdsburg Greyhounds will host the Sonoma Valley Dragons at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Healdsburg has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with six straight defeats, while Sonoma Valley will come in with nine straight wins.
Last Saturday, Healdsburg and Archie Williams were almost perfectly matched up, but Healdsburg suffered a 43-42 loss.
Healdsburg might have lost, but man, Nova Perrill Ii was a machine: he threw for 221 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown. Areum Romero was another key player, picking up 110 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sonoma Valley). They breezed by Terra Linda to the tune of 49-7 on Saturday. The result was nothing new for the Dragons, who have now won eight contests by 26 points or more so far this season.
It was another big night for Cayden Waldrop, who rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. His rushing production has been exceptional as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 108 rushing yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Hudson Giarritta, who picked up 64 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Sonoma Valley was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 256 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Sonoma Valley didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Chuy Ordaz and Lakshman Shambhu Goff.
Sonoma Valley's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 43.0 points per game. As for Healdsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
Healdsburg suffered a grim 35-9 defeat to Sonoma Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Healdsburg, Trent Ohman (who threw for 127 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 passes, and also punched in a rushing score) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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