The Sierra Timberwolves will take on the Patterson Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Sierra is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 36.4 points per game this season.
Sierra is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Manteca just ended the team's five-game winning streak last Friday. They took a blow against the Buffaloes, falling 60-21. The contest marked the Timberwolves' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.
Although Sierra took the loss, they still got scores from Tali Vaipuna, Zak Willson, and Brock Felt.
Meanwhile, Patterson lost to Oakdale on the road by a 56-40 margin on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (37), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Patterson's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Max Medina, who threw for 338 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72.7% of his passes, and Coby Joseph, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.9 yards per carry. Medina is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for three or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Even though they lost, Patterson was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 234 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August.
Sierra's defeat dropped their record down to 5-2. As for Patterson, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Sierra has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 193.7 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Patterson has preferred to attack from the air: they average 274.5 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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