The Granite Bay Grizzlies's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Oak Ridge Trojans at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Granite Bay's defense has only allowed 13.8 points per game this season, so Oak Ridge's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Granite Bay is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They walked away with an 18-6 victory over Vacaville.
It was another big night for Lillian McDaniel, who threw for 196 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 57 yards on only seven carries. Gianna Al-Shaikh made the highlight reel by snagging an interception and taking it all the way to the house.
Granite Bay didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Al-Shaikh picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Oak Ridge had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.6 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Thursday. They walked away with a 13-6 win over the Lions.
Oak Ridge's defense made their presence known, laying out Daisy Throckmorton. four times. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Annalise Pengel.
Granite Bay is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. As for Oak Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 17-4.
Granite Bay was taken down by Oak Ridge 40-6 when the teams last played back in October. Can Granite Bay avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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