The Highlands Scots will venture away from home to challenge the Golden Sierra Grizzlies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Highlands has given up an average of 29.2 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Highlands is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight games on Friday. They had to suffer through a 53-26 loss at the hands of Rio Vista. The Scots were down 38-14 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Michael Compton
| 08/29/25 vs Vallejo | 90 |
| 09/26/25 vs Rio Vista | 84 |
| 09/12/25 @ Biggs | 66 |
| 09/19/25 @ Mesa Verde | 39 |
| 09/05/25 vs Kennedy | 30 |
Despite the loss, Highlands got top-tier performance from Frank Cady, who rushed for 72 yards and one score on only eight carries, and also threw for 137 yards and a pair of TDs. Michael Compton also helped out with an impressive 84 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Golden Sierra). They claimed a resounding 60-0 win over Elite. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Highlands better focus on containing Andrew Gerondakis and Noah Prine as the pair were huge in Golden Sierra's win. Gerondakis threw for 297 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 14.9 yards per attempt, while Prine rushed for 115 yards and one score. Those 297 passing yards gave Gerondakis a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Abraham Ware, who rushed for 66 yards and one TD.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Golden Sierra was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 223 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 179 rushing yards every time they've taken the field this season.
Golden Sierra's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Highlands, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4.
Highlands strolled past Golden Sierra in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a score of 18-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Scots since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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