The Oakland Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Kennedy Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Oakland's defense has only allowed 13 points per game this season, so Kennedy's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Oakland is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Arcata just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They received a blow as they fell 38-20 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 743rd, while the Tigers are ranked 318th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Kennedy). They enjoyed a cozy 31-16 victory over Mission on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Having lost for the first time this season, Oakland fell to 3-1. As for Kennedy, the win got them back to even at 2-2.
Things could have been worse for Oakland, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 28-12 loss to Kennedy in their previous matchup back in October of 2014. Can Oakland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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