The Silver Creek Raiders will take on the Pioneer Mustangs at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Silver Creek's defense has only allowed 14.6 points per game this season, so Pioneer's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Last Saturday, Silver Creek came up short against Willow Glen and fell 28-21. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 707th, while the Rams are ranked 306th).
Austin Price put forth a good effort for the losing side as he picked up 92 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Pioneer's offense. They came up short against Willow Glen last Friday, falling 21-0. That makes it the first time this season the Mustangs have let down their home crowd.
Even if they lost, Pioneer's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Julian Lopez. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
This is the second loss in a row for Silver Creek and nudges their season record down to 3-2. As for Pioneer, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Everything came up roses for Silver Creek against Pioneer when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 28-0 victory. Will Silver Creek repeat their success, or does Pioneer have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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