West Wendover entered their contest against North Tahoe on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The West Wendover Wolverines took a 26-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the North Tahoe Lakers. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Wolverines came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 72nd in Nevada, while the Lakers are ranked 1040th in California).
West Wendover lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Adrian Griffith, who threw for 266 yards on 16 of 32 attempts, and also punched in a touchdown on the ground. Adryan Carlos was Griffith's top target, picking up 159 receiving yards.
This is the second loss in a row for West Wendover and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for North Tahoe, the victory snapped their losing streak at 13 games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-4 record.
West Wendover will look to defend their home field on Friday against Yerington at 5:00 p.m. As for North Tahoe, they will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Coral Academy of Science - Reno at 5:30 p.m. on October 12th.
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